Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Amphipoea crinanensis | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Amphipoea Rank Species | |
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Similar Amphipoea lucens, Amphipoea fucosa, Amphipoea oculea, Archanara dissoluta, Blepharita amica | ||
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.
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 hindwings are brownish ochreous and have a small discal spot.
Adults are on wing from August to September.
The larvae are thought to feed inside the stems of Iris pseudacorus.
Similar species
Requiring genitalic examination to separate,
References
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