Apamea indocilis, the ignorant apamea, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is native to North America, where it is distributed throughout southern Canada and the northern United States. In the east its range extends from Newfoundland to South Carolina. In the west it occurs as far south as San Francisco Bay and in the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico.[1]

Ignorant apamea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Apamea
Species:
A. indocilis
Binomial name
Apamea indocilis
(Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Hadena lona Strecker, 1898
  • Xylophasia indocilis Walker, 1856
  • Apamea remissa indocilis
  • Apamea ampliata (McDunnough, 1940)

The forewings are 15 to 19 millimeters long.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Apamea indocilis. Pacific Northwest Moths.
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