Apamea (moth)
Apamea is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.
Some Apamea species are pest insects. The larval Apamea niveivenosa is a cutworm known as a pest of grain crops in North America. The larva of A. apamiformis is the rice worm, the most serious insect pest of cultivated wild rice in the Upper Midwest of the United States.
Selected species
Apamea acera Apamea albina Apamea alia Apamea alpigena Apamea alticola Apamea altijuga Apamea amputatrix - yellow-headed cutworm Apamea anceps - large nutmegApamea antennata Apamea apamiformis - rice worm, wild rice wormApamea aquila Donzel, 1837Apamea arabs Apamea assimilis Apamea atriclava Apamea atrosuffusa Apamea auranticolor Apamea baischi Hacker, 1989Apamea barbara Apamea basimacula Boisduval, 1833Apamea bernardino Mikkola & Mustelin 2000Apamea boopis Apamea brunnea Apamea brunnescens Kononenko, 1985Apamea burgessi Apamea caesia Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998Apamea cariosa - nondescript dagger mothApamea centralis Apamea chalybeata Apamea chhiringi Hreblay, 1998Apamea chinensis Apamea cinefacta Apamea cogitata - thoughtful apameaApamea commixta Apamea commoda - southern Quaker- * Apamea commoda commoda
- * Apamea commoda parcata
- * Apamea commoda striolata Mikkola, 2009Apamea concinna Apamea contradicta - northern banded QuakerApamea crenata Hufnagel, 1766 - clouded-bordered brindle Apamea cristata Apamea cuculliformis Apamea cyanea Apamea desegaulxi Viette, 1928Apamea devastator Brace, 1819 - glassy cutwormApamea digitula Mikkola and Mustelin, 2006Apamea dubitans - doubtful apameaApamea epomidion - clouded brindleApamea erythrographa Hreblay, Peregovits & Ronkay, 1999Apamea euxinia Hacker, 1985Apamea exstincta Apamea fasciata Apamea fergusoni Mikkola & Lafontaine, 2009Apamea ferrago Apamea fervida Apamea furva - the confusedApamea gabrieli Mikkola & Mustelin 2000Apamea ganeshi Hreblay, 1998Apamea gangtoki Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998Apamea geminimacula Apamea genialis Apamea glenura Apamea glenurina Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999Apamea goateri Hacker, 2001Apamea goperma Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999Apamea gratissima Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999Apamea griveaudi Viette, 1967Apamea groenlandica Apamea hampsoni Sugi, 1963Apamea heinickei Hreblay, 1998Apamea helva - yellow three-spotApamea illyria Freyer, 1846Apamea impedita Apamea impulsa Apamea indocilis - ignorant apameaApamea inebriata Ferguson, 1977 - drunk apameaApamea inficita - lined QuakerApamea inordinata Apamea kaszabi Varga, 1982Apamea kumari Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999Apamea lateritia - scarce brindleApamea leucodon Apamea lieni Hreblay, 1998Apamea lignea Apamea lignicolora - wood-coloured QuakerApamea lintneri Grote, 1873Apamea lithoxylaea Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 - light archesApamea longula Apamea lutosa - opalescent apameaApamea lysis Apamea macronephra Berio, 1959Apamea magnirena Apamea maraschi Apamea maroccana Apamea maxima Apamea michielii Varga, 1976Apamea mikkolai Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998Apamea minnecii Apamea minoica Apamea monoglypha Hufnagel, 1766 - dark archesApamea nekrasovi Mikkola, Gyulai & Varga, 1997Apamea nigrior - black-dashed apamea, dark apamea Apamea nigrostria Hreblay, Peregovits & Ronkay, 1999Apamea niveivenosa - snowy-veined apameaApamea nubila Moore, 1881Apamea obliviosa Apamea oblonga - crescent stripedApamea occidens - western apameaApamea ontakensis Sugi, 1982Apamea ophiogramma Esper, 1793 - double lobedApamea pallifera Apamea permixta Kononenko, 2006Apamea perpensa Apamea perstriata Apamea platinea Apamea plutonia - dusky Quaker, dusky apamea Apamea polyglypha Apamea pseudoaltijuga Grosser, 1985Apamea purpurina Apamea quinteri Mikkola & Lafontaine, 2009Apamea rectificata Hreblay & Plante, 1995Apamea relicina
- * Apamea relicina relicina
- * Apamea relicina migrata Apamea remissa Hübner, 1809 - dusky brocadeApamea reseri Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998Apamea robertsoni Mikkola and Mustelin, 2006Apamea roedereri Viette, 1976Apamea rubrirena Apamea rufa Apamea rufomedialis Apamea rufus Apamea sanyibaglya Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998Apamea schawerdae Apamea scolopacina - slender brindleApamea scoparia Mikkola, Mustelin & Lafontaine, 2000Apamea shibuyoides Poole, 1989Apamea sicula Apamea sinuata Apamea siskiyou Mikkola & Lafontaine, 2009Apamea smythi Franclemont, 1952Apamea sodalis Apamea sora Apamea sordens Hufnagel, 1766 - rustic shoulder-knotApamea spaldingi - Spalding's QuakerApamea stagmatipennis Apamea striata Haruta & Sugi, 1958Apamea sublustris - reddish light archesApamea submarginata Apamea submediana Apamea superba Apamea syriaca Apamea tahoeensis Mikkola & Lafontaine, 2009Apamea taiwana Apamea terranea Apamea unanimis - small clouded brindleApamea unita Apamea verbascoides - boreal apamea, mullein apamea Apamea veterina Apamea vicaria Apamea vulgaris - common apameaApamea vultuosa - airy apameaApamea walshi Lafontaine, 2009Apamea wasedana Sugi, 1982Apamea wikeri Quinter & Lafontaine, 2009Apamea xylodes Mikkola & Lafontaine, 2009
- ''Apamea zeta''