Apamea zeta

Apamea zeta
Apamea zeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Apameini
Genus: Apamea
Species: A. zeta
Binomial name
Apamea zeta
(Treitschke, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Apamea exulis (Lefebvre, 1836)
  • Apamea maillardi (Geyer)
  • Hadena exulis Lefebvre, 1836
  • Hadena gelata Lefebvre, 1836
  • Exarnis difflua Geyer, 1837
  • Crymodes borea Guenée, 1852
  • Crymodes exulis (Lefebvre, 1836)
  • Abromias exulis (Lefebvre, 1836)
  • Apamea borea Herrich-Schäffer, 1852 (preocc. Guenée, 1852)
  • Polia zeta Treitschke, 1825
  • Abromias zeta (Treitschke, 1825)
  • Polia clandestina Boisduval, 1928
  • Noctua pernix Geyer, 1832
  • Hadena zeta var. curoi Calberla, 1888
  • Crymodes zeta rofana Wolfberger, 1952
  • Apamea zeta cyanochlora Varga, 1976
  • Apamea zeta pseudopernix Varga, 1977
  • Apamea zeta sandorkovacsi Peregovits & Varga, 1984
  • Apamea zeta carptodistincta Rakosy, Stangelmaier & Wieser, 1996
  • Apamea nichollae (Hampson, 1908)
  • Apamea murrayi (Gibson, 1920)

The Exile (ssp. marmorata) or Northern Arches (ssp. assimilis) (Apamea zeta) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Iceland to Great Britain and Fennoscandia, south to the Iberian Peninsula through central Europe to the Balkans and Greece. In North America, it is found in Newfoundland and Labrador, British Columbia, Alberta, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Manitoba in Canada in the Rocky Mountains south to Colorado.

The wingspan is 43-50 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August in Britain.

The larvae feed on various grasses.

Subspecies

  • Apamea zeta zeta (most of Europe)
  • Apamea zeta assimilis
  • Apamea zeta marmorata
  • Apamea zeta cyanochlora (Bulgaria)
  • Apamea zeta hellernica (Greece)
  • Apamea zeta sanderkovacsi (Romania)
  • Apamea zeta downesi Mikkola, 2009 (North America)
  • Apamea zeta murrayi (Gibson, 1920) (North America)
  • Apamea zeta pelagica Mikkola, 2009 (North America)
  • Apamea zeta nichollae Hampson, 1908 (North America)

Former subspecies Apamea zeta alticola is now considered a valid species Apamea alticola (Smith, 1891).

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