Apamea niveivenosa

Apamea niveivenosa, the snowy-veined apamea, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is native to northern North America, where it can be found across Canada and south to California.[1]

Snowy-veined apamea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Tribe:
Apameini
Genus:
Apamea
Species:
A. niveivenosa
Binomial name
Apamea niveivenosa
Grote, 1879
Synonyms
  • Agrotis niveivenosa
  • Agrotis viralis
  • Apamea extensa (Smith, 1905)
  • Apamea obscura (Barnes & McDunnough, 1911)
  • Protagrotis niveivenosa

The forewing length is 15 to 18 millimeters. Most moths are an ochre to orange-tan color, but a form in eastern British Columbia is dark gray with lighter gray lines and spots.[1]

The larva is a subterranean cutworm that feeds on grasses. It is a pest of grain crops in interior North America.[1]

Subspecies
  • Apamea niveivenosa niveivenosa
  • Apamea niveivenosa obscuroides Poole, 1989
gollark: Just the ones you get from =help calc-turing or whatever.
gollark: == foldr((a b) -> a + b, "", zip(zip("<:Thonk:445016973798014987>", "<:Thonkdown:433149076721238016>"), "<:chips:453465151132139521>"))
gollark: I should really actually read the docs.
gollark: == foldr(a b -> a + b, "", zip(zip("<:Thonk:445016973798014987>", "<:Thonkdown:433149076721238016>"), "<:chips:453465151132139521>"))
gollark: == display(5)

References
  1. Apamea niveivenosa. Pacific Northwest Moths.


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