Apamea anceps

Apamea anceps
Apamea anceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Apameini
Genus: Apamea
Species: A. anceps
Binomial name
Apamea anceps
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua anceps Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Phalaena (Noctua) sordida Borkhausen, 1792
  • Apamea infesta Ochsenheimer, 1816
  • Caradrina renardii Boisduval, 1829
  • Hadena engelhardtii Duurloo, 1889
  • Luceria pyxina A. Bang-Haas, 1910
  • Enargia siegeli Berio, 1985
  • Apamea pyxina sassanidica Hacker, 1990
  • Apamea anceps mazeli Lutran, 1993
  • Arenostola pyxina

The Large Nutmeg (Apamea anceps) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from all of Europe to Yakutia, Transbaikalia, Mongolia, Lebanon and China (Shaanxi). It is also found in north-western Africa.

The wingspan is 35–40 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on the flowers and leaves of various grasses, including Poa annua and Dactylis glomerata species.

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