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Amphipyra Ochsenheimer, 1816

Amphipyra Ochsenheimer, 1816; Schmett. Eur. 4: 70, TS: Phalaena tragoponis Clerck
Pyrois Hübner, [1820]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (13): 208, TS: Phalaena cinnamomea Goetze

= ; [NE9, 23 (subgenus)]

Scotophila Hübner, [1821]

= ; [NACL, 141]; [NE9, 23]

Pyrophila Stephens, 1829

= ; [NACL, 141]; [NE9, 23]

Philopyra Guenée, 1837

= ; [NACL, 141]; [NE9, 23]

Pyramidcampa Beck, 1991; Atalanta 22 (2/4): 218, TS: pyramidea Linnaeus

= ; [NE9, 23]

Adamphipyra Beck, 1991; Atalanta 22 (2/4): 219, TS: livida Denis & Schiffermüller

= ; [NE9, 23]

Tetrapyra Beck, 1991; Atalanta 22 (2/4): 219, TS: tetra Fabricius

= ; [NE9, 23]

Antiamphipyra Beck, 1991; Atalanta 22 (2/4): 220, TS: Amphipyra micans Lederer

= ; [NE9, 23]

Anpyramidea Beck, 1996

= ; [NE9, 23]

Obtuscampa Beck, 1996

= ; [NE9, 23]

Amphipyra (Amphipyrini) ; [NACL, 141]
Amphipyra (Amphipyrinae) ; [NE9, 23]

Amphipyra berbera Rungs, 1949

EU, W.Russia. See [About maps] Hämypensasyökkönen
Amphipyra pyramidea ab. variegata Warren, 1911

= ; [NE9, 23]

Amphipyra svenssoni Fletcher, 1968

= ; [NE9, 23]

Amphipyra berbera [Ian Kimber]
Amphipyra (Amphipyra) berbera ; [NE9, 23]

500x295 (~23Kb) FINLAND: V: Turku, 12.8.1969, R. Teriaho leg.

Larva on Quercus robur, Populus tremula, Salix caprea, Sorbus aucuparia

Amphipyra livida (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

CEU, SEU. See [About maps] Hochglanzeule
scotophila (Hübner, [1788])

= ; [NE9, 23]

Amphipyra (Amphipyra) livida ; [NE9, 23]

A. l. corvina Motschulsky, 1866

cupreina Bryk, 1949

= Amphipyra livida ; [NE9, 23]

Amphipyra (Amphipyra) livida corvina ; [NE9, 23]

Amphipyra micans Lederer, 1857

SEEU. See [About maps] frivaldszkyi Mocsáry, 1896

= Amphipyra micas ; [NE9, 23]

Amphipyra (Amphipyra) micans ; [NE9, 23]

Amphipyra perflua (Fabricius, 1787)

NEU, CEU, EEU, Siberia, Korea, Ussur. See [About maps] Suruyökkönen
ulmea (Schrank, 1801)

= Amphipyra micas ; [NE9, 23]

Phalaena (Noctua) pyramidina Esper, [1803]; Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 2 (Abs. 2) (51): 45 (1799-1803), (Abs. 1) (51): pl. 192, f. 2

= Amphipyra micas ; [NE9, 23]

Amphipyra perflua [NORLEP]
Amphipyra (Amphipyra) perflua ; [NE9, 23]

695x723 (~104Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 21.7.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov

622x746 (~93Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 29.7.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov

500x490 (~39Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 6719:539, mf 1.8.1981, Markku Savela leg.

Larva on Lonicera xylosteum

Amphipyra pyramidea (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, NAF, Near East, Iran, S.Siberia, N.India, Korea, Japan. See [About maps] Hohtopensasyökkönen Copper Underwing Pyramideneule
navicularis (Geoffroy, 1785)

= ; [NE9, 23]

obscura Oberthür, 1880

= ; [NE9, 23]

obliquilimbata Graeser, 1888

= ; [NE9, 23]

yama Swinhoe, 1918

= ; [NE9, 23]

apyra Bryk, 1942

= ; [NE9, 23]

cuprior Fletcher, 1968

= ; [NE9, 23]

satinea (Rougemont, 1901)

= ; [NE9, 23]

Amphipyra pyramidea [NORLEP]
Amphipyra pyramidea [Ian Kimber]
Amphipyra (Amphipyra) pyramidea ; [NE9, 23]

identification uncertain 720x717 (~96Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 10.8.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov

Larva on Quercus, Syringa, Lonicera

Amphipyra stix Herrich-Schäffer, 1850

SEEU. See [About maps] Amphipyra (Amphipyra) stix ; [NE9, 23]

Amphipyra tetra (Fabricius, 1787)

CEU, SEU. See [About maps] Amphipyra tetra [SZMN]
Amphipyra (Amphipyra) tetra ; [NE9, 24]

A. t. pallida Staudinger, 1901

Amphipyra (Amphipyra) tetra pallida ; [NE9, 24]

Amphipyra tragopoginis (Clerck, 1759)

EU, NAF, Near East, Iran, N.India, W.Siberia, NA. See [About maps] Lattayökkönen Mouse Dreipunkteule
Phalaena tragopoginis Clerck, 1759
luciola (Hufnagel, 1766)

= ; [NACL, #9639]; [NE9, 23]

repressus (Grote, 1871)

= ; [NACL, #9639]; [NE9, 23]

Amphipyra tragopoginis [ALBERTA]
Amphipyra tragopoginis [BAMONA]
Amphipyra tragopoginis [NORLEP]
Amphipyra tragopoginis [NOCTS]
Amphipyra tragopogonis [Ian Kimber]
Amphipyra tragopogonis ; auth., (missp.)
Amphipyra tragopoginis ; [NACL, #9639]
Amphipyra (Amphipyra) tragopoginis ; [NE9, 24]

Misidentified/misapplied:

tetra Fabricius, 1787; Haworth, 1809

500x503 (~36Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:53, m 28-3.9.1982, f 17-23.8.1985, Markku Savela leg.

Larva on Rumex longifolius, R. acetosa, Ranunculus acris, Aconitum napellus, Ribes rubrum, Rosa sp., Rubus chamaemorus, Chamaenerion angustifolium, Anthriscus silvestris, Linaria vulgaris, Melampyrum pratense, Galium mollugo, G. verum, Campanula glomerata, C. persicifolia, Plantago major, Petroselinum crispum, Artemisia vulgaris

A. t. turcomana Staudinger, 1888

Amphipyra turcomana Staudinger, 1888

= Amphipyra tragopoginis ; [NACL, #9639]

distincta Rothschild, 1920

= ; [NE9, 24]

Amphipyra (Amphipyra) tragopoginis turcomana ; [NE9, 24]

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References:

[ALBERTA]

University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[Bruce Walsh]

Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[ESP]

Heppner, 1981; The dates of E. J. C. Esper's Die Schmetterlinge in Abblidungen... 1776-[1830]; Archives of Natural History (1981) 10 (2): 251-254

[GALEPS]

Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NE9]

Fibiger & Hacker, 2007; Amphipyrinae, Condicinae, Eriopinae, Xyleninae (Part) - Noctuidae Europaeae; Volume 9, 410pp

[NOCTS]

Noctuid Search; An Interactive Key to Identify the Noctuidae of North America; e-mail: teichlin@cdfa.ca.gov Thomas D. Eichlin; e-mail: skinnee@cdfa.ca.gov Scott A. Kinnee; Dennis E. Mayhew; Ronald E. Somerby; Charles S. Papp

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[SZMN]

Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum

Some related literature:

Beck, 1991

Taxonomische Änderungen bei den Noctuinae, Cuculliinae und Plusiinae Atalanta 22 (2/4): 175-232

Esper, [1803]

Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil IV. Die Eulenphalenen Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 2 (Abs. 1) (48): 373-420, pl. 184-186 (Noct. 105-107) (1796) (Abs. 1) (49-50): 421-464, pl. 187-191 (Noct. 108-112) (1798) (Abs. 1) (51): 465-496, pl. [192],[193] (Noct. 113-114) ([1799-1803]) (Abs. 1) (52): 497-536, pl. 194-195 (Noct. 115-116) (1804) (Abs. 1) (53): 537-632, pl. 196 (Noct. 117) (1804) (Abs. 1) (54): 633-698, pl. 197-198 (Noct. 118-119) (1805) (Abs. 2) (49-50): 1-44 (1798) (Abs. 2) (51): 45-54 ([1799-1803]) (Abs. 2) (52): 55-62 (1804) (Abs. 2) (53): 63-85 (1805)

Hübner, [1820]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816) (2): 17-32 (1819) (3): 33-48 (1819) (4): 49-64 (1819) (5): 65-80 (1819) (6): 81-96 (1819) (7): 97-112 (1819) (8): 113-128 (1819) (9): 129-144 (1819) (10): 145-160 (1819) (11): 161-176 (1819) (12): 177-192 (1820) (13): 193-208 (1820) (14): 209-224 (1821) (15): 225-240 (1821) (16): 241-256 (1821) (17): 257-272 (1823) (18): 273-288 (1823) (19): 289-304 (1823) (20): 305-320 (1825) (21): 321-336 (1825) (22): 337-352 (1825) (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

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