''Amphipoea'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...
, found in the
Holarctic realm
The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical regio ...
.
Species
* ''
Amphipoea americana''
Speyer, 1875 – American ear moth
* ''
Amphipoea asiatica''
(Burrows, 1911)
* ''
Amphipoea aslanbeki''
Ronkay & Herczig, 1991
* ''
Amphipoea bifurcata''
Gyulai & Ronkay, 1994
* ''
Amphipoea burrowsi''
(Chapman, 1912)
* ''
Amphipoea butleri''
(Leech, 1900)
* ''
Amphipoea chovdica''
Gyulai, 1989
* ''
Amphipoea cottlei''
(McDunnough, 1948)
* ''
Amphipoea crinanensis''
(Burrows, 1908) – Crinan ear
* ''
Amphipoea cuneata''
Gyulai & Ronkay, 1998
* ''
Amphipoea distincta''
(Warren, 1911)
* ''
Amphipoea erepta''
(Grote, 1881)
* ''
Amphipoea fucosa''
(Freyer, 1830) – saltern ear moth
* ''
Amphipoea interoceanica''
(Smith, 1899) – interoceanic ear moth
* ''
Amphipoea keiferi''
(Benjamin, 1935)
* ''
Amphipoea lucens''
(Freyer, 1845)– large ear moth
* ''
Amphipoea lunata''
(Smith, 1891)
* ''
Amphipoea malaisei''
(Nordström, 1931)
* ''
Amphipoea maryamae''
Zahiri & Fibiger, 2006
* ''
Amphipoea ochreola''
(Staudinger, 1882)
* ''
Amphipoea oculea
''Amphipoea oculea'', the ear moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761 and it is found in most of the Palearctic realm. It is widespread and common in southern England, and also occurs in Ireland a ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1761) – ear moth
* ''
Amphipoea pacifica''
(Smith, 1899)
* ''
Amphipoea rufibrunnea''
(Heydemann, 1942)
* ''
Amphipoea senilis''
(Smith, 1892) (syn: ''Amphipoea flavostigma''
(Barnes & Benjamin, 1924))
* ''
Amphipoea szabokyi''
Gyulai & Ronkay, 1990
* ''
Amphipoea ussuriensis''
(Petersen, 1914)
Former species
* ''Amphipoea velata'' is now ''
Loscopia velata''
(Walker, 1865)
Taxonomy
The genus ''Amphipoea'' was raised by the Swedish
anatomist
Anatomy () is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old scien ...
Gustaf Johan Billberg
Gustaf Johan Billberg (14 June 1772, Karlskrona – 26 November 1844, Stockholm) was a Sweden, Swedish botanist, zoologist and anatomist, although professionally and by training he was a lawyer and used science and biology as an avocation. The pl ...
in 1820. ''Amphipoea'' refers to ''Amphi'' – round and ''poa'' – grass; i.e. the habitat of the moths.
References
External links
''Amphipoea''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database* Zahiri, R. & Fibiger, M. (2006) ''Zootaxa'' 1244: 33-39
Apameini
Noctuoidea genera
Taxa named by Gustaf Johan Billberg
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