Apamea monoglypha (Dark Arches)

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Apamea monoglypha (Dark Arches)

Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha)
Originator: Frode Falkenberg

Systematics :

Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Articulate animals (Arthropoda)
Class: Insects (Insecta)
Order: Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Group: Macro-moths ("Macro-heterocera")
Family: Owlet moths (Noctuidae)
Subfamily: Hadeninae
Genus: Apamea
Species: Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha)

Norwegian name: Stort engfly

Host plants: Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot), Deschampsia cespitosa, Deschampsia flexuosa (Wavy Hair-grass), Festuca

Confusion species: Large Nutmeg (Apamea anceps)

Norwegian Red List 2010: Least Concern more info