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

Former species

Apamea formosensis is now Leucapamea formosensis Apamea mixta is now ''Melanapamea mixta''