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Species Details

Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum Read more about this collection »

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.
Apamea commoda
Apamea commoda
Apamea commoda
Apamea commoda

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"Species Details - Apamea commoda, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-5301/9-425385. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.

Specimen Information

There are 267 specimens of this Species.

267 results plotted on map in 93 markers.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.

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

Adult Seasonal Distribution