Amphipoea lucens

Amphipoea lucens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Amphipoea
Species:	A. lucens
Binomial name
	Amphipoea lucens; (Freyer, 1845)
Synonyms
	Apamea lucens Freyer, 1845; Apamea lucens motojondensis Bryk, 1949;

Amphipoea lucens, the large ear or large ear moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1845 and it is found in most of Europe.

the wingspan is about 30–36 mm. It resembles Amphipoea oculea, but is larger, and with the ground colour, as a rule, pale and the reniform white.

Adults are on wing from August to September.

The larvae feed on the roots and stem bases of various grasses, especially Molinia caerulea.^[1]

Similar species[]

Requiring genitalic examination to separate See Townsend et al.,^[2]

^ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
^ Martin C. Townsend, Jon Clifton and Brian Goodey (2010). British and Irish Moths: An Illustrated Guide to Selected Difficult Species. (covering the use of genitalia characters and other features) Butterfly Conservation.

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Savela, Markku. "Amphipoea lucens (Freyer, 1845)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 28, 2019. Taxonomy
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De Vlinderstichting (in Dutch)

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