Apamea inficita

Apamea inficita, the lined Quaker is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is native to North America, where it can be found from Newfoundland west to British Columbia, north to the Yukon and the Northwest Territories, and south to Colorado.[1]

Lined Quaker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Tribe:
Apameini
Genus:
Apamea
Species:
A. inficita
Binomial name
Apamea inficita
Walker, 1857
Synonyms
  • Agroperina inficita
  • Apamea popofensis (Smith, 1900)
  • Apamea conradi (Grote, 1879)
  • Graphiphora inficita
  • Orthosia belangeri

The wingspan is 34–36 mm. The moth is rusty or yellowish brown, or sometimes pinkish in color. It has a darkened spot on the forewings and a disc-shaped spot on the hindwings. The moth flies from July to August depending on the location.[1]

Subspecies
  • Apamea inficita conradi (Grote, 1879)
  • Apamea inficita indela (Smith, 1910)
  • Apamea inficita inficita
  • Apamea inficita lineosa

References
  1. A. inficita. University of Alberta.


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