Common NameSouthern QuakerSeasonalityJune-JulyIdentificationTwo very different forms. A medium-sized very dark chocolate or red-brown moth, dusted and shaded with blackish. FW veins black with a few light scales, pattern normal, black where visible, but often lost. Lines fine, single, scalloped, the claviform a small loop, the orb. and ren. often vaguely marked by pale scales, sometimes obsolete. ST obscure, but usually indicated by prceding black wedges. HW sooty brown, with darkening along the veins and a discal mark, fringes paler.
Antennae simple; sexes similar.
Scientific NameApamea commodaCommon Name
Southern Quaker
Habitat
Open woodlands, meadows and grasslands.
Seasonality
June-July
Identification
Two very different forms. A medium-sized very dark chocolate or red-brown moth, dusted and shaded with blackish. FW veins black with a few light scales, pattern normal, black where visible, but often lost. Lines…
Two very different forms. A medium-sized very dark chocolate or red-brown moth, dusted and shaded with blackish. FW veins black with a few light scales, pattern normal, black where visible, but often lost. Lines fine, single, scalloped, the claviform a small loop, the orb. and ren. often vaguely marked by pale scales, sometimes obsolete. ST obscure, but usually indicated by prceding black wedges. HW sooty brown, with darkening along the veins and a discal mark, fringes paler.
Antennae simple; sexes similar.
Conservation
Widespread; common
Diet Info
Probably grasses.
Range
NS west across southern Canada to southen BC, north to AK and YT, and south at least into MT.
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Page Citation for Apamea commoda
Page Citation
"Species Details - Apamea commoda, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-5301. Accessed 07 Dec. 2024.
Specimen Information
There are 267 specimens of this Species.
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