Apamea rubrirena

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Apamea rubrirena
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Apamea
Species:	A. rubrirena
Binomial name
Apamea rubrirena (Treitschke, 1825)
Synonyms[1][2]
List Apamea rubrirena marginipicta Varga, 1973 Apamea rubrirena pacifica Sugi, 1982 Crymodes rubrirena asciburgensis Koch, 1965 Crymodes rubrirena miriquidoiKoch, 1963 Crymodes rubrirena rhaetonorica Koch, 1965 Crymodes shibuyae Matsumura, 1925 Hadena feisthamelii Boisduval, 1833 Hadena rubrirena abnoba Guth, 1932 Hadena rubrirena fennica Guth, 1932 Hadena rubrirena var. hercyniae Staudinger, 1871 Mamestra rubrirena Treitschke, 1825 Mamestra sylvicola Eversmann, 1843

Apamea rubrirena is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

This species is present from northern and western Europe,^[3] east through Russia and Asia to Japan and Korea.^[1] It is also present on the Kuril Islands, the Aleutian Islands^[4] and has been reported from Alaska for the first time in 1989.^[5]

These moths colonize montane to subalpine coniferous forests, at an elevation up to 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) above sea level.^[6] In Europe they especially occur in the Alps and in lower mountains, while in Russia they can be found in the taiga.^[4]

Apamea rubrirena has a wingspan of 40–51 mm.^[7] These moths are extraordinarily variable in terms of color, wing shape and size. They usually have head and thorax black-brown, with some white hairs and a meta-thopracic rufous crest. The basic color of the forewings vary from pale orange to reddish brown or blackish brown, with reniform rufous patches and transversal indistinct or whitish wavy lines. The hind wings are monochrome, light gray-brown, with the veins clearly protruding. Tarsi are black with whitish rings.^[8]

The caterpillars overwinter and pupate in May or June of the following year. Adults are on wing from fly from mid or late June to August and sometimes September in favourable conditions. There is one generation per year meaning it is a univoltine species.^[4][6]

The larvae feed on a various grasses, including Festuca altissima and Calamagrostis arundinacea.^[4][6] Adults are nocturnal and have been found taking nectar from Rubus, Cirsium oleraceum, Silene vulgaris and Phyteuma.^[9]

• Boisduval (1833): Description de quatre nouvelles espèces de Noctuélides. — Annales de la Société entomologique de France 2: 373-378, pl. XIV. Paris (Méquignon-Marvis).
• Treitschke, F. (1825): Die Schmetterlinge von Europa 5 (2): 1-448. Leipzig (Gerhard Fleischer).
• Zille, A., Ronkay, L. & M. Fibiger (2005): Noctuidae europaeae. Volume 8. Apamaeini. — 323 S., Farbtafeln; Sorø (Entomological Press).

• Data related to Apamea rubrirena at Wikispecies
• Media related to Apamea rubrirena at Wikimedia Commons
• Paolo Mazzei, Daniel Morel, Raniero Panfili Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
• Naturhistoriska Risksmureet