Apamea scoparia is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Kauri Mikkola, Tomas Mustelin and J. Donald Lafontaine in 2000. It is one of the most common and widespread North American Apamea, being distributed from Newfoundland and Labrador to Alaska and British Columbia, and south to California and Arizona.[1]

Apamea scoparia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Apamea
Species:
A. scoparia
Binomial name
Apamea scoparia
Mikkola, Mustelin & Lafontaine, 2000
Synonyms
  • Abromias scoparia

References

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  1. ^ Mustelin, T.; et al. (2000). "Two new genera and thirteen new species of owlet moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) mainly from southern California". Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 36: 1–18.