Apamea niveivenosa

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

Apamea niveivenosa, the snowy-veined apamea, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1879. It is native to northern North America, where it can be found across Canada and south to California.

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.

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

Subspecies

• Apamea niveivenosa niveivenosa
• Apamea niveivenosa obscuroides Poole, 1989

External links

• "932355.00 – 9374 – Apamea niveivenosa – Snowy-veined Apamea Moth – (Grote, 1879)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
• "Species Details Apamea niveivenosa". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
• McLeod, Robin (August 27, 2008). "Species Apamea niveivenosa - Snowy-veined Apamea - Hodges#9374". BugGuide. Retrieved November 14, 2020.