Apamea helva
Yellow three-spot | |
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Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Apamea |
Species: | A. helva
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Binomial name | |
Apamea helva Grote, 1875
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Synonyms | |
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Apamea helva, the yellow three-spot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Saskatchewan to New Brunswick, south to Georgia, and west to Oklahoma and Colorado.
Description[]
The wingspan is 35–41 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various grasses.
External links[]
- Images
- Apamea helva, Bug Guide
Categories:
- NatureServe secure species
- Apamea (moth)
- Moths of North America
- Moths described in 1875
- Taxa named by Augustus Radcliffe Grote
- Apamea (moth) stubs