Apamea plutonia

Apamea plutonia
Apamea plutonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Apameini
Genus: Apamea
Species: A. plutonia
Binomial name
Apamea plutonia
Grote, 1883
Synonyms
  • Hadena plutonia

The Dusky Quaker or Dusky Apamea (Apamea plutonia) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Maine and Nova Scotia west across southern Canada to Vancouver Island, south through Manitoba to Wisconsin and Ohio.

The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July depending on the location.

The larva feed on various grasses.

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