Amphipyra
Encyclopedia
Amphipyra is a genus
of moth
s. It is currently the only genus remaining in the subfamily Amphipyrinae, the others having been removed e.g. to the Hadeninae
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s. It is currently the only genus remaining in the subfamily Amphipyrinae, the others having been removed e.g. to the Hadeninae
Hadeninae
Hadeninae is a subfamily of moth family Noctuidae. The limits between this group and the Condicinae and Noctuinae are still not precisely known, with 3 major and partially conflicting revisions since 2006. Some include the noctuid subfamilies Eriopinae and Psaphidinae here as tribes Eriopini and...
.
Selected species
- Amphipyra acheron Draudt, 1950
- Amphipyra albicilia Hampson, 1894
- Amphipyra albolineola Yoshimoto, 1993
- Amphipyra alpherakiiAmphipyra alpherakiiAmphipyra alpherakii is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in China....
(Staudinger, 1888) - Amphipyra anophthalma Boursin, 1963
- Amphipyra averna Hreblay & Ronkay, 1997
- Amphipyra berbera – Svensson's Copper Underwing Rungs, 1949
- Amphipyra boursini Hacker, 1998
- Amphipyra brunneoatra Strand, 1916
- Amphipyra cancellata Warren, 1911
- Amphipyra charon Draudt, 1950
- Amphipyra cinnamomea (Goeze, 1781)
- Amphipyra costiplaga Draudt, 1950
- Amphipyra cupreipennis Moore, 1882
- Amphipyra deleta Draudt, 1950
- Amphipyra deletaiwana Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
- Amphipyra effusaAmphipyra effusaAmphipyra effusa is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Mediterranean region and Asia.The wingspan is 41-48 mm. The moth flies from May to September....
Boisduval, 1829 - Amphipyra erebina Butler, 1878
- Amphipyra formosana Hacker & Ronkay, 1998
- Amphipyra fuscusa Chang, 1989
- Amphipyra glabellaAmphipyra glabellaThe Grey Amphipyra or Smooth Amphipyra is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found from New York and Quebec west to southern British Columbia, south to Georgia and Colorado....
(Morrison, 1874) - Amphipyra herrichschaefferi Hacker & Peks, 1998
- Amphipyra herzigi Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
- Amphipyra horiei Owada, 1996
- Amphipyra jankowskii Oberthür, 1884
- Amphipyra kautti Hacker, 2002
- Amphipyra lividaAmphipyra lividaAmphipyra livida is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in central and southern Europe, although strays are known from further north. It is also known from Anatolia to Korea, China and Japan....
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) - Amphipyra magna Walker, 1865
- Amphipyra marmorea Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
- Amphipyra micansAmphipyra micansAmphipyra micans is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found from Bulgaria and the Balkans south to Greece, east to Turkey and south to Lebanon.The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September....
Lederer, 1857 - Amphipyra microlitha Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
- Amphipyra molybdeaAmphipyra molybdeaAmphipyra molybdea is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found from southern Russia, south to Turkey....
Christoph, 1867 - Amphipyra monochroma Yoshimoto, 1993
- Amphipyra monolitha Guenée, 1852
- Amphipyra okinawensis Sugi, 1982
- Amphipyra owadai Hreblay, Peregovits & Ronkay, 1999
- Amphipyra pallidipennis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
- Amphipyra perfluaAmphipyra perfluaAmphipyra perflua is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found from Northern Europe, through Siberia as far east as Korea.The wingspan is 44-54 mm. The moth flies from July to September in one generation....
(Fabricius, 1787) - Amphipyra porphyrea Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
- Amphipyra pyramidea – Copper Underwing (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Amphipyra pyramidoides Guenée, 1852
- Amphipyra schrenckii Ménétriés, 1859
- Amphipyra sergeiAmphipyra sergeiAmphipyra sergei is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in Russia, Kazakhstan and China....
(Staudinger, 1888) - Amphipyra shyrshana Chang, 1989
- Amphipyra stix Herrich-Schäffer, 1850
- Amphipyra striata Bremer & Grey, 1853
- Amphipyra strigata Fletcher, 1968
- Amphipyra subtrigua Bremer & Grey, 1853
- Amphipyra suryai Yoshimoto, 1993
- Amphipyra tetra (Fabricius, 1787)
- Amphipyra tragopoginis – Mouse Moth (Clerck, 1759)
- Amphipyra tripartitaAmphipyra tripartitaAmphipyra tripartita is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in China, Japan and the Korean Peninsula.The wingspan is 51-57 mm. The moth flies from July to September in one generation.-External links:*...
Butler, 1878