- Apamea rubrirena
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Apamea rubrirena 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae Tribe: Apameini Genus: Apamea Species: A. rubrirena Binomial name Apamea rubrirena
(Treitschke, 1825)Synonyms - Mamestra rubrirena Treitschke, 1825
- Hadena feisthamelii Boisduval, 1833
- Mamestra sylvicola Eversmann, 1843
- Hadena rubrirena var. hercyniae Staudinger, 1871
- Crymodes shibuyae Matsumura, 1925
- Hadena rubrirena abnoba Guth, 1932
- Hadena rubrirena fennica Guth, 1932
- Crymodes shibuyae kurilirena Bryk, 1942
- Crymodes rubrirena miriquidoiKoch, 1963
- Crymodes rubrirena asciburgensis Koch, 1965
- Crymodes rubrirena rhaetonorica Koch, 1965
- Apamea rubrirena marginipicta Varga, 1973
- Apamea rubrirena pacifica Sugi, 1982
Apamea rubrirena is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from northern and western Europe, east throughRussia and Asia to Japan and Korea. It is also present on the Kuril Islands, the Aleutian Islands and has been reported from Alaska for the first time in 1989.
This wingspan is 40-51 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August and sometimes September in favourable conditions. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on a various grasses, including Festuca altissima and Calamagrostis arundinacea. Adults have been found taking nectar from Rubus, Cirsium oleraceum, Silene vulgaris and Phyteuma.
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