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Amphipoea erepta

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Amphipoea erepta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Amphipoea
Species:
A. erepta
Binomial name
Amphipoea erepta
(Grote, 1881)

Amphipoea erepta is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

The MONA or Hodges number for Amphipoea erepta is 9461.[4]

South of Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park, The Bronx in New York City is a 25-acre (10 ha) meadow that hosts the only known population of the subspecies Amphipoea erepta ryensis.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Amphipoea erepta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Amphipoea erepta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Amphipoea erepta". Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  4. ^ "Overview". Friends of Pelham Bay Park. Archived from the original on October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  5. ^ Teltsch, Kathleen (November 17, 1990). "Urban Gift: Wilderness Regained". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2017.

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