Apamea rubrirena

Apamea rubrirena is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from northern and western Europe, east through Russia and Asia to Japan and Korea. It is also present on the Kuril Islands, the Aleutian Islands[1] and has been reported from Alaska for the first time in 1989.[2]

Apamea rubrirena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Tribe:
Apameini
Genus:
Apamea
Species:
A. rubrirena
Binomial name
Apamea rubrirena
(Treitschke, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Apamea rubrirena marginipicta Varga, 1973
  • Apamea rubrirena pacifica Sugi, 1982
  • Crymodes rubrirena asciburgensis Koch, 1965
  • Crymodes rubrirena miriquidoiKoch, 1963
  • Crymodes rubrirena rhaetonorica Koch, 1965
  • Crymodes shibuyae Matsumura, 1925
  • Hadena feisthamelii Boisduval, 1833
  • Hadena rubrirena abnoba Guth, 1932
  • Hadena rubrirena fennica Guth, 1932
  • Hadena rubrirena var. hercyniae Staudinger, 1871
  • Mamestra rubrirena Treitschke, 1825
  • Mamestra sylvicola Eversmann, 1843

This wingspan is 40–51 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from June to August and sometimes September in favourable conditions. There is one generation per year.[4]

The larvae feed on a various grasses, including Festuca altissima and Calamagrostis arundinacea. Adults have been found taking nectar from Rubus, Cirsium oleraceum, Silene vulgaris and Phyteuma.

References
  1. Schmetterlinge und ihre Ökologie
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. natur-schmetterlinge.ch
  4. Schmetterlinge und ihre Ökologie


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