Apamea vultuosa

Apamea vultuosa

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Apameini
Genus: Apamea
Species: A. vultuosa
Binomial name
Apamea vultuosa
Grote, 1875
Synonyms
  • Hadena vultuosa

The Airy Apamea (Apamea vultuosa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from coast to coast in southern Canada and the northern United States, south in the west to Oregon and Colorado, and south in the east to Florida.

Adults are on wing from June to July depending on the location.

The larvae feed on grasses in the family Poaceae.

Subspecies

  • Apamea vultuosa multicolor (Dyar, 1904)
  • Apamea vultuosa vultuosa (Grote, 1875)



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