Melanapamea mixta

The coastal plain apamea (Melanapamea mixta, formerly Apamea mixta) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in scattered populations from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Manitoba in Canada south along the coast to New Jersey and North Carolina. Also inland in New York and western Maryland. It has also been reported from Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan and Ohio.

Melanapamea mixta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Tribe:
Apameini
Genus:
Melanapamea
Species:
M. mixta
Binomial name
Melanapamea mixta
(Grote, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Xylophasia impulsa var. mixta Grote, 1881
  • Septis mixta (Grote, 1881)
  • Apamea mixta (Grote, 1881)

The larvae probably feed on grasses or sedges.


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