Amphipoea (original) (raw)
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Genus of moths
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| Amphipoea sp. | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Tribe: | Apameini |
| Genus: | AmphipoeaBillberg, 1820 |
Amphipoea is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae, found in the Holarctic realm.
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)
Amphipoea velata is now Loscopia velata (Walker, 1865)
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]
- ^ 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.
- Amphipoea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Zahiri, R. & Fibiger, M. (2006) Zootaxa 1244: 33-39