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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Apameini » Apamea » Wood-colored Apamea - Hodges#9333 (Apamea lignicolora)

Species Apamea lignicolora - Wood-colored Apamea - Hodges#9333

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References

Apamea lignicolora - Wood-colored Apamea - Apamea lignicolora

Wood-colored Apamea - Apamea lignicolora

Wood-colored Apamea - Hodges#9333 - Apamea lignicolora

Wood-colored Apamea (Apamea lignicolora) - Apamea lignicolora

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Apameini

Genus Apamea

Species lignicolora (Wood-colored Apamea - Hodges#9333)

Hodges Number

9333

Explanation of Names

LIGNICOLORA: from the Latin "lignum" (wood) + "color" (a covering [in the original sense], from celare to cover, hide)

Size

wingspan 45-50 mm

Identification

Adult: forewing yellowish with reddish-brown shading; AM and PM lines obscure; PM line bends sharply; ST line forms a "W" at its middle, dividing black terminal shading into two large patches

hindwing grayish-brown

[description by Charles Covell]

Range

Nova Scotia to North Carolina, west to California, north to British Columbia

Season

adults fly from late May or June to August

Food

larvae feed on quack grass and other grasses

See Also

Airy Apamea (Apamea vultuosa) has no ST line - just a color contrast between terminal and subterminal areas; Common Apamea (Apamea vulgaris) has similar markings but a uniformly dull brown forewing

Confused Woodgrain (Morrisonia confusa) is also similar but has two black basal dashes and several dark streaks on forewing; it also flies earlier [April, May] than Wood-colored Apamea

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Pacific Northwest Moths

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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 February, 2006 - 12:52am
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Steve Morris
Last updated 26 June, 2024 - 3:19pm

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