Apamea spaldingi

Apamea spaldingi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Apameini
Genus: Apamea
Species: A. spaldingi
Binomial name
Apamea spaldingi
Smith, 1909
Synonyms
  • Hyppa spaldingi
  • Trachea umbrifacta

Spalding's Quaker (Apamea spaldingi) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is native to interior western North America.[1]

The forewing length is up to 20 millimeters. It is mottled and streaked gray with lighter hindwings and is somewhat variable. The flight season is early for Apamea, beginning in April in some areas.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Apamea spaldingi. Pacific Northwest Moths.

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