Apamea (moth)

Apamea
	Apamea lithoxylaea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Noctuinae
Tribe:	Apameini
Genus:	Apamea; Ochsenheimer, 1816
Synonyms
	Abromias Billberg, 1820; Agroperina Hampson, 1908; Agrostobia Boie, 1835; Crymodes Guenée, 1841; Dimya Moore, 1882; Eleemosia Prout, 1901; Eurabila Butler, 1889; Hama Stephens, 1829; Heteromma Warren, 1911; Heterommiola Strand, 1912; Ommatostola Grote, 1873; Protagrotis Hampson, 1903; Septis Hübner, 1821; Syma Stephens, 1850; Trichoplexia Hampson, 1908; Xylophasia Stephens, 1829;

Apamea is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.^[1]

Some Apamea species are pest insects. The larval Apamea niveivenosa is a cutworm known as a pest of grain crops in North America.^[2] 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.^[3]

Selected species

Apamea acera (Smith, 1900)
Apamea albina (Grote, 1874)
Apamea alia (Guenée, 1852)
Apamea alpigena (Boisduval, [1837])
Apamea alticola (Smith, 1891)
Apamea altijuga (Kozhantshikov, 1925)
Apamea amputatrix (Fitch, 1857) – yellow-headed cutworm
Apamea anceps (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – large nutmeg
Apamea antennata (Smith, 1891)
Apamea apamiformis (Guenée, 1852) – rice worm, wild rice worm
Apamea aquila Donzel, 1837
Apamea arabs (Oberthür, 1881)
Apamea assimilis (Doubleday, 1847)
Apamea atriclava (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
Apamea atrosuffusa (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) (syn. A. grotei (Barnes & McDunnough, 1914))
Apamea auranticolor (Grote, 1873)
Apamea baischi Hacker, 1989
Apamea barbara (Berio, 1940)
Apamea basimacula 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, [1838])
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 Hreblay, 1998
Apamea lignea (Butler, 1889)
Apamea lignicolora (Guenée, 1852) – wood-coloured Quaker
Apamea lintneri Grote, 1873
Apamea lithoxylaea 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^[4]
Apamea perpensa (Grote, 1881)
Apamea perstriata (Hampson, 1908)
Apamea platinea (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, [1904])
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, [1788]) – 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, [1813]) – 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 (Hampson, 1910)
Apamea mixta is now Melanapamea mixta (Grote, 1881)

References

^ Savela, Markku. "Apamea Ochsenheimer, 1816". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
^ "Apamea niveivenosa". Pacific Northwest Moths.
^ 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.
^ 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.

Selected species

Former species

References

Further reading