Amphipoea

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Amphipoea

Genus of moths

Amphipoea is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae, found in the Holarctic realm.

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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 (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

Taxonomy

The genus Amphipoea was raised by the Swedish anatomist Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820. Amphipoea refers to Amphi – round and poa – grass; i.e. the habitat of the moths.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Emmet, A Maitland (1991). The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their History and Meaning. Colchester: Harley Books. p. 213. ISBN 0 946589 28 3.


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