Amphipoea fucosa

Amphipoea fucosa, the saltern ear moth, is a moth of the superfamily Noctuoidea. It was first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1830 and it is found in Europe.

Mounted

The wingspan is 29–35 mm. It resembles the ear moth (Amphipoea oculea) but is larger, with the reniform orange red.

The moth flies from the beginning of June to the end of September.

The larvae feed inside the roots and stems of various grasses.^[1]

Similar species

Requiring genitalic examination See Townsend et al.,^[2]

^ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
^ Martin C. Townsend, Jon Clifton and Brian Goodey (2010). British and Irish Moths: An Illustrated Guide to Selected Difficult Species. (covering the use of genitalia characters and other features) Butterfly Conservation.

Kimber, Ian. "73.126 BF2358 Saltern Ear Amphipoea fucosa (Freyer, 1830)". UKMoths. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
Savela, Markku. "Amphipoea fucosa (Freyer, 1830)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 28, 2019. Taxonomy
Lepiforum e.V. Includes photo of genitalia
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