Apamea verbascoides

Apamea verbascoides
Apamea verbascoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Apameini
Genus: Apamea
Species: A. verbascoides
Binomial name
Apamea verbascoides
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Xylophasia verbascoides

The Boreal Apamea or Mullein Apamea (Apamea verbascoides) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Newfoundland to North Carolina, northwest to Saskatchewan.

The wingspan is 36-43 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on grasses and sedges.

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