Apamea epomidion, the clouded brindle, is a moth of the family Noctuidae, sub-family Hadeninae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found throughout continental Europe, the British Isles, Sweden and Central Asia.[1][2] It is also found in the Altai Mountains, west Siberia, and in Amur.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Apamea |
| Species: | A. epomidion
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| Binomial name | |
| Apamea epomidion (Haworth, 1809)
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Apamea characterea Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 | |
The wingspan is 40–46 mm.[2][3] Forewing grey brown or pale liver coloured; inner and outer lines double, obscurely marked; a thick black streak from base below cell, and a more diffuse one obliquely below it above inner margin; claviform stigma small, with black outline; orbicular oblique with brown centre and pale ring; reniform pale, defined only on its inner edge by a brown line with a pale dot at lower end, the cell between them dark brown; submarginal line pale, indented on each fold, preceded by black blotches on costa and on the folds and followed by dark marks on the latter only; hindwing brownish fuscous, paler towards base, with dark cell spot; very frequently the whole forewing is suffused with reddish brown, throwing up the paler transverse markings; this is the form characterea Hbn. - an extreme development of this, with the basal area above the black streak remaining prominently pale is the ab. epomidion Haw.;- alopecuroides Spul., from the Bukowina, denotes a form in which the whole forewing is red-brown, as in the form of rurea F. called alopecurus Esp.; - discrepans Stgr., [Now ssp. of Apamea aquila Donzel, 1837] from the Ussuri, is described as being much darker, the forewings coloured as in gemina Hbn.
The moth flies in June and July.
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Apamea epomidion (Haworth, 1809)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ a b Gustafsson, Bert (8 February 2011). "Apamea epomidion". Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ^ a b Kimber, Ian. "73.155 BF2327 Clouded Brindle Apamea epomidion (Haworth, 1809)". UKMoths. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ Wikisource:The Moths of the British Isles/Chapter 15#280
- ^ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
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