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Species Details
Apamea commoda
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Common NameSouthern Quaker
SeasonalityJune-July
IdentificationTwo 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 Name
Apamea commoda
Common 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.
Citation
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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/2-5301/9-192927. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
Specimen Information
There are 267 specimens of this Species.
UASM130067 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: British Columbia, Pavilion Mountain
Collected ByTroubridge, J.; Hensel
Date Collected2000-07-30
UASM130068 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kananaskis Country, Hailstone Butte
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1998-07-25
UASM130069 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kananaskis Country, Hailstone Butte
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1998-07-25
UASM130070 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kananaskis Country, Hailstone Butte
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1998-07-25
UASM130071 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kananaskis Country, Hailstone Butte
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1998-07-25
UASM130072 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Saskatchewan, Burstall
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1998-07-01
UASM130073 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Saskatchewan, Burstall
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1998-07-01
UASM130074 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Saskatchewan, Burstall
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1998-07-01
UASM130075 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Saskatchewan, Burstall
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1998-07-01
UASM130076 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Saskatchewan, Burstall
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1999-07-13
UASM130077 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Saskatchewan, Burstall
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1998-07-01
UASM130078 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lost River
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected2000-06-26/2000-06-27
UASM130079 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lost River
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected2000-06-26/2000-06-27
UASM130080 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Opal
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1999-07-12
UASM130081 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Opal
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1999-07-12
UASM130082 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Opal
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1999-07-12
UASM130083 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Opal
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1999-07-12
UASM130084 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Opal
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1999-07-12
UASM130085 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Opal
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1999-07-12
UASM130086 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Opal
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1999-07-12
UASM130087 - Apamea commoda
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: British Columbia, Walton Creek
Collected ByTroubridge, J.
Date Collected1999-06-27