Other Common Names
Larvae generally called cutworms (as are the larvae of moths in the subfamily Noctuinae).
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Apamea Ochsenheimer, 1816
Abromias Billberg, 1820
Septis Hübner, 1821
Xylophasia Stephens, 1829
Hama Stephens, 1829
Agrostobia Boie, 1835
Crymodes Guenée, 1841
Syma Stephens, 1850
Dimya Moore, 1882
Eurabila Butler, 1889
Eleemosia Prout, 1901
Protagrotis Hampson, 1903
Agroperina Hampson, 1908
Trichoplexia Hampson, 1908
Heteromma Warren, 1911
Heterommiola Strand, 1912
Apaconjunctdonta Beck, [1992]
Loscopia Beck, [1992]
Furvabromias Beck, [1992]
Sinapamea Rakosy, 1996
* many species in this genus were formerly placed in the subfamily Amphipyrinae.
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet
Apamea from the name of a town in Asia Minor where
Theodoret lived.
(1)Numbers
64 species of
Apamea are found in America north of Mexico
(2)
30 species in eastern Canada (CBIF)
38 species in western Canada (CBIF)
Range
represented throughout North America, north to the arctic
Print References
Ochsenheimer, F. 1816. Die schmetterlinge von Europa 4:
75Internet References
pinned adult thumbnail images of all 30 species in eastern Canada (CBIF)
pinned adult thumbnail images of all 38 species in western Canada (CBIF)
