Amphipoea is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae, found in the Holarctic realm.
Species
- Amphipoea americana <small>Speyer, 1875</small> – American ear moth
- Amphipoea asiatica <small>(Burrows, 1911)</small>
- Amphipoea aslanbeki <small>Ronkay & Herczig, 1991</small>
- Amphipoea bifurcata <small>Gyulai & Ronkay, 1994</small>
- Amphipoea burrowsi <small>(Chapman, 1912)</small>
- Amphipoea butleri <small>(Leech, 1900)</small>
- Amphipoea chovdica <small>Gyulai, 1989</small>
- Amphipoea cottlei <small>(McDunnough, 1948)</small>
- Amphipoea crinanensis <small>(Burrows, 1908)</small> – Crinan ear
- Amphipoea cuneata <small>Gyulai & Ronkay, 1998</small>
- Amphipoea distincta <small>(Warren, 1911)</small>
- Amphipoea erepta <small>(Grote, 1881)</small>
- Amphipoea fucosa <small>(Freyer, 1830)</small> – saltern ear moth
- Amphipoea interoceanica <small>(Smith, 1899)</small> – interoceanic ear moth
- Amphipoea keiferi <small>(Benjamin, 1935)</small>
- Amphipoea lucens <small>(Freyer, 1845)</small>– large ear moth
- Amphipoea lunata <small>(Smith, 1891)</small>
- Amphipoea malaisei <small>(Nordström, 1931)</small>
- Amphipoea maryamae <small>Zahiri & Fibiger, 2006</small>
- Amphipoea ochreola <small>(Staudinger, 1882)</small>
- Amphipoea oculea <small>(Linnaeus, 1761)</small> – ear moth
- Amphipoea pacifica <small>(Smith, 1899)</small>
- Amphipoea rufibrunnea <small>(Heydemann, 1942)</small>
- Amphipoea senilis <small>(Smith, 1892)</small> (syn: Amphipoea flavostigma <small>(Barnes & Benjamin, 1924)</small>)
- Amphipoea szabokyi <small>Gyulai & Ronkay, 1990</small>
- Amphipoea ussuriensis <small>(Petersen, 1914)</small>
Former species
Taxonomy
The genus Amphipoea was raised by the Swedish anatomist Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820. Amphipoea refers to Amphi â round and poa â grass; i.e. the habitat of the moths.
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