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Amphipoea crinanensis (Crinan Ear)

Synonyms: Amphipoea albo (heterotypic); Amphipoea flavo (heterotypic); Amphipoea jutlandica; Amphipoea pallida (heterotypic); Hydroecia crinanensis (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Crinan Ear (Amphipoea crinanensis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Fennoscandia, Ireland, Great Britain, Denmark, Germany, the Baltic region and central Russia. See glossary for terms used The wingspan is 30–33 mm.The ground colour of the forewings ranges from burnt sienna through to reddish brown.. The colour ranges from burnt sienna through to reddish brown. The reniform stigma is yellow or orange or occasionally white. The orbicular stigma obscure. The crosslines are darker than the ground colour. The hind wings are brownish ochreous and have a small discal spot.
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Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Calluna vulgaris (heather)[1]
Iris maackii (yellow iris)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Full list (111)
Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Acronicta rumicis (Knot Grass)2
Xylena vetusta (Red Sword-grass)2

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0