''Apamea'' 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 in 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 ...
first described by
Ferdinand Ochsenheimer
Ferdinand Ochsenheimer (17 March 1767 – 2 November 1822) was a German actor and entomologist (lepidopterist).
Life
Ochsenheimer was born and brought up in Mainz (then in the Electorate of Mainz) and began to show an interest in butterflies ...
in 1816.
Some ''Apamea'' species are
pest insects. The larval ''
Apamea niveivenosa'' is a
cutworm
Cutworms are moth larvae that hide under litter or soil during the day, coming out in the dark to feed on plants. A larva typically attacks the first part of the plant it encounters, namely the stem, often of a seedling, and consequently cuts it ...
known as a pest of
grain crops in North America.
["''Apamea niveivenosa''".]
''Pacific Northwest Moths''. The larva of ''
A. apamiformis'' is the rice worm, the most serious insect pest of cultivated
wild rice
Wild rice, also called manoomin, mnomen, psíŋ, Canada rice, Indian rice, or water oats, is any of four species of grasses that form the genus ''Zizania'', and the grain that can be harvested from them. The grain was historically and is sti ...
in the
Upper Midwest
The Upper Midwest is a northern subregion of the U.S. Census Bureau's Midwestern United States. Although the exact boundaries are not uniformly agreed upon, the region is usually defined to include the states of Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wi ...
of the United States.
[Oelke, E. A. 1993]
"Wild rice: Domestication of a native North American genus".
p. 235-43. ''In:'' Janick, J. and J. E. Simon (eds.), ''New Crops''. Wiley, New York.
Selected species
* ''
Apamea acera''
(Smith, 1900)
* ''
Apamea albina''
(Grote, 1874)
* ''
Apamea alia''
(Guenée, 1852)
* ''
Apamea alpigena''
(Boisduval, 837
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Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* Byzantine–Arab War: Emperor Theophilos leads a massive Byzantine expeditionary force into Mesopotamia. ...
* ''
Apamea alticola
Apamea or Apameia () is the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see.
Places called Apamea include:
Asia Minor ...
''
(Smith, 1891)
* ''
Apamea altijuga''
(Kozhantshikov, 1925)
* ''
Apamea amputatrix''
(Fitch, 1857) – yellow-headed cutworm
* ''
Apamea anceps''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – large nutmeg
* ''
Apamea antennata
''Apamea antennata'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is widespread in the forests of western North America.
This wingspan is about 44 mm. The adult flies in early and midsummer. The larva feeds on grass
Poaceae ( ), also called G ...
''
(Smith, 1891)
* ''
''
(Guenée, 1852) – rice worm, wild rice worm
* ''
Apamea aquila
''Apamea aquila'' is a species of moth belonging to 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 fa ...
''
Donzel, 1837
* ''
Apamea arabs
Apamea or Apameia () is the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see.
Places called Apamea include:
Asia Minor ...
''
(Oberthür, 1881)
* ''
Apamea assimilis
Apamea or Apameia () is the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see.
Places called Apamea include:
Asia Minor ...
''
(Doubleday, 1847)
* ''
Apamea atriclava
''Apamea atriclava'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in parts of North America, including British Columbia.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wi ...
''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
* ''
Apamea atrosuffusa
''Apamea atrosuffusa'' is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough
James Halliday McDunnough (10 May 1877 – 23 February 1962) was a Canadians, Canadian Lingui ...
''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) (syn. ''A. grotei''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1914))
* ''
Apamea auranticolor
''Apamea auranticolor'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout western North America.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example ...
''
(Grote, 1873)
* ''
Apamea baischi
Apamea or Apameia () is the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see.
Places called Apamea include:
Asia Minor ...
''
Hacker, 1989
* ''
Apamea barbara
Apamea or Apameia () is the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see.
Places called Apamea include:
Asia Minor ...
''
(Berio, 1940)
* ''
Apamea basimacula
Apamea or Apameia () is the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see.
Places called Apamea include:
Asia Minor ...
''
Boisduval, 1833
* ''
Apamea bernardino''
Mikkola & Mustelin 2000
* ''
Apamea boopis''
(Hampson, 1908)
* ''
Apamea brunnea''
(Leech, 1900)
* ''
Apamea brunnescens''
Kononenko, 1985
* ''
Apamea burgessi''
(Morrison, 1874)
* ''
Apamea caesia''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
* ''
Apamea cariosa''
(Guenée, 1852) – nondescript dagger moth
* ''
Apamea centralis''
(Smith, 1891)
* ''
Apamea chalybeata''
(Walker, 1865)
* ''
Apamea chhiringi''
Hreblay, 1998
* ''
Apamea chinensis''
(Leech, 1900)
* ''
Apamea cinefacta''
(Grote, 1881)
* ''
Apamea cogitata''
(Smith, 1891) – thoughtful apamea
* ''
Apamea commixta''
(Butler, 1881)
* ''
Apamea commoda''
(Walker, 1857) – southern Quaker
** ''Apamea commoda commoda''
(Walker, 1857)
** ''Apamea commoda parcata''
(Smith, 1903)
** ''Apamea commoda striolata''
Mikkola, 2009
* ''
Apamea concinna''
(Leech, 1900)
* ''
Apamea contradicta''
(Smith, 1895) – northern banded Quaker
* ''
Apamea crenata''
Hufnagel, 1766 – clouded-bordered brindle
* ''
Apamea cristata''
(Grote, 1878)
* ''
Apamea cuculliformis''
(Grote, 1875)
* ''
Apamea cyanea''
(Hampson, 1908)
* ''
Apamea desegaulxi''
Viette, 1928
* ''
Apamea devastator''
Brace, 1819 – glassy cutworm
* ''
Apamea digitula''
Mikkola and Mustelin, 2006
* ''
Apamea dubitans''
(Walker, 1856) – doubtful apamea
* ''
Apamea epomidion''
(Haworth, 1809) – clouded brindle
* ''
Apamea erythrographa''
Hreblay, Peregovits & Ronkay, 1999
* ''
Apamea euxinia''
Hacker, 1985
* ''
Apamea exstincta''
(Staudinger, 1892)
* ''
Apamea fasciata''
(Leech, 1900)
* ''
Apamea fergusoni''
Mikkola & Lafontaine, 2009
* ''
Apamea ferrago''
(Eversmann, 1837)
* ''
Apamea fervida''
(Hampson, 1908)
* ''
Apamea furva''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – the confused
* ''
Apamea gabrieli''
Mikkola & Mustelin 2000
* ''
Apamea ganeshi''
Hreblay, 1998
* ''
Apamea gangtoki''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
* ''
Apamea geminimacula''
(Dyar, 1904)
* ''
Apamea genialis''
(Grote, 1874)
* ''
Apamea glenura''
(Swinhoe, 1895)
* ''
Apamea glenurina''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999
* ''
Apamea goateri''
Hacker, 2001
* ''
Apamea goperma''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999
* ''
Apamea gratissima''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999
* ''
Apamea griveaudi''
Viette, 1967
* ''
Apamea groenlandica''
(Duponchel, 838
* ''
Apamea hampsoni''
Sugi, 1963
* ''
Apamea heinickei''
Hreblay, 1998
* ''
Apamea helva''
(Grote, 1875) – yellow three-spot
* ''
Apamea illyria''
Freyer, 1846
* ''
Apamea impedita''
(Christoph, 1887)
* ''
Apamea impulsa''
(Guenée, 1852)
* ''
Apamea indocilis''
(Walker, 1856) – ignorant apamea
* ''
Apamea inebriata''
Ferguson, 1977 – drunk apamea
* ''
Apamea inficita''
(Walker, 1857) – lined Quaker
* ''
Apamea inordinata''
(Morrison, 1875)
* ''
Apamea kaszabi''
Varga, 1982
* ''
Apamea kumari''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999
* ''
Apamea lateritia''
(Hufnagel, 1766) – scarce brindle
* ''
Apamea leucodon''
(Eversmann, 1837)
* ''
Apamea lieni
Apamea or Apameia () is the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see.
Places called Apamea include:
Asia Minor ...
''
Hreblay, 1998
* ''
Apamea lignea
Apamea or Apameia () is the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see.
Places called Apamea include:
Asia Minor ...
''
(Butler, 1889)
* ''
Apamea lignicolora''
(Guenée, 1852) – wood-coloured Quaker
* ''
Apamea lintneri''
Grote, 1873
* ''
Apamea lithoxylaea
''Apamea lithoxylaea'', the light arches, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was Species description, first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is distributed throughout Europe, the Caucasus, Armenia, Asia ...
''
Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 – light arches
* ''
Apamea longula''
(Grote, 1879)
* ''
Apamea lutosa''
(Andrews, 1877) – opalescent apamea
* ''
Apamea lysis''
(Fawcett, 1917)
* ''
Apamea macronephra''
Berio, 1959
* ''
Apamea magnirena''
(Boursin, 1943)
* ''
Apamea maraschi''
(Draudt, 1934)
* ''
Apamea maroccana''
(Zerny, 1934)
* ''
Apamea maxima''
(Dyar, 1904)
* ''
Apamea michielii''
Varga, 1976
* ''
Apamea mikkolai''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
* ''
Apamea minnecii''
(Berio, 1939)
* ''
Apamea minoica''
(Fibiger, Schmidt & Zilli, 2005)
* ''
Apamea monoglypha''
Hufnagel, 1766 – dark arches
* ''
Apamea nekrasovi''
Mikkola, Gyulai & Varga, 1997
* ''
Apamea nigrior''
(Smith, 1891) – black-dashed apamea, dark apamea
* ''
Apamea nigrostria''
Hreblay, Peregovits & Ronkay, 1999
* ''
Apamea niveivenosa''
(Grote, 1879) – snowy-veined apamea
* ''
Apamea nubila''
Moore, 1881
* ''
Apamea obliviosa''
(Walker, 1858)
* ''
Apamea oblonga''
(Haworth, 1809) – crescent striped
* ''
Apamea occidens''
(Grote, 1878) – western apamea
* ''
Apamea ontakensis''
Sugi, 1982
* ''
Apamea ophiogramma''
Esper, 1793 – double lobed
* ''
Apamea pallifera''
(Grote, 1877)
* ''
Apamea permixta''
Kononenko, 2006[Kononenko, V. (2006). ''Apamea permixta'', sp. n., from China - the putative sister species of ''A. commixta'' (Butler) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Xyleninae: Apameini). ''Zootaxa'' 1371: 37-43.]
* ''
Apamea perpensa''
(Grote, 1881)
* ''
Apamea perstriata''
(Hampson, 1908)
* ''
Apamea platinea
Apamea or Apameia () is the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see.
Places called Apamea include:
Asia Minor ...
''
(Treitschke, 1825)
* ''
Apamea plutonia''
(Grote, 1883) – dusky Quaker, dusky apamea
* ''
Apamea polyglypha''
(Staudinger, 1892)
* ''
Apamea pseudoaltijuga''
Grosser, 1985
* ''
Apamea purpurina''
(Hampson, 1908)
* ''
Apamea quinteri''
Mikkola & Lafontaine, 2009
* ''
Apamea rectificata''
Hreblay & Plante, 1995
* ''
Apamea relicina''
(Morrison, 1875)
** ''Apamea relicina relicina''
(Morrison, 1875)
** ''Apamea relicina migrata''
(Smith, 904
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
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* ''
Apamea remissa''
Hübner, 1809 – dusky brocade
* ''
Apamea reseri''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
* ''
Apamea robertsoni''
Mikkola and Mustelin, 2006
* ''
Apamea roedereri''
Viette, 1976
* ''
Apamea rubrirena''
(Treitschke, 1825)
* ''
Apamea rufa''
(Draudt, 1950)
* ''
Apamea rufomedialis''
(Marumo, 1920)
* ''
Apamea rufus''
(Chang, 1991)
* ''
Apamea sanyibaglya''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
* ''
Apamea schawerdae''
(Draeseke, 1928)
* ''
Apamea scolopacina''
(Esper, 1788) – slender brindle
* ''
Apamea scoparia''
Mikkola, Mustelin & Lafontaine, 2000
* ''
Apamea shibuyoides''
Poole, 1989
* ''
Apamea sicula''
(Turati, 1909)
* ''
Apamea sinuata''
(Moore, 1882)
* ''
Apamea siskiyou''
Mikkola & Lafontaine, 2009
* ''
Apamea smythi''
Franclemont, 1952
* ''
Apamea sodalis''
(Butler, 1878)
* ''
Apamea sora''
(Smith, 1903)
* ''
Apamea sordens''
Hufnagel, 1766 – rustic shoulder-knot
* ''
Apamea spaldingi''
(Smith, 1909) – Spalding's Quaker
* ''
Apamea stagmatipennis''
(Dyar, 1920)
* ''
Apamea striata''
Haruta & Sugi, 1958
* ''
Apamea sublustris''
(Esper, 788
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– reddish light arches
* ''
Apamea submarginata''
(Leech, 1900)
* ''
Apamea submediana''
(Draudt, 1950)
* ''
Apamea superba''
(Turati, 1926)
* ''
Apamea syriaca''
(Osthelder, 1932)
* ''
Apamea tahoeensis''
Mikkola & Lafontaine, 2009
* ''
Apamea taiwana''
(Wileman, 1914)
* ''
Apamea terranea''
(Butler, 1889)
* ''
Apamea unanimis''
(Hübner, 813
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* June 22 – Battle of Versinikia: The Bulgars, led by Krum, ruler ('' khan'') of the Bulgarian Empire, defeat Emperor Michael I near Edirne (modern Turkey). The Byzantine army (26,000 men) is ...
– small clouded brindle
* ''
Apamea unita''
(Smith, 1904)
* ''
Apamea verbascoides''
(Guenée, 1852) – boreal apamea, mullein apamea
* ''
Apamea veterina''
(Lederer, 1853)
* ''
Apamea vicaria''
(Püngeler, 1902)
* ''
Apamea vulgaris''
(Grote & Robinson, 1866) – common apamea
* ''
Apamea vultuosa''
(Grote, 1875) – airy apamea
* ''
Apamea walshi''
Lafontaine, 2009
* ''
Apamea wasedana''
Sugi, 1982
* ''
Apamea wikeri''
Quinter & Lafontaine, 2009
* ''
Apamea xylodes''
Mikkola & Lafontaine, 2009
* ''
Apamea zeta''
(Treitschke, 1825)
Former species
* ''Apamea formosensis'' is now ''
Leucapamea formosensis
''Leucapamea formosensis'' is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies ...
''
(Hampson, 1910)
* ''Apamea mixta'' is now ''
Melanapamea mixta''
(Grote, 1881)
References
Further reading
* Butler (1881). ''Transactions of Entomological Society of London'' 1881: 174.
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Apameini
Noctuoidea genera
Taxa named by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer