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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/2-5301/9-9078. Accessed 15 Jun. 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.

UASM130088 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, South Saskatchewan River Collected ByTroubridge, J. Date Collected1999-07-13

UASM130089 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Mount Baldy Collected ByTroubridge, J. Date Collected1998-07-26

UASM130090 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Mount Baldy Collected ByTroubridge, J. Date Collected1998-07-26

UASM130091 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Mount Baldy Collected ByTroubridge, J. Date Collected1998-07-26

UASM99909 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bindloss Collected ByAnweiler, G. G. Date Collected2008-07-09

UASM99911 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bindloss Collected ByAnweiler, G. G. Date Collected2008-07-09

UASM210623 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Twin Lakes Provincial Recreation Area Collected ByAnweiler, G. G. Date Collected2009-06-17

UASM103406 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Willmore Wilderness Park Collected ByMacaulay, D. A.; Hilchie, G. Date Collected2007-07-18

BIRD31748 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Stettler Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2009-06-12

BIRD31749 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Stettler Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2009-06-12

BIRD31750 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Erskine Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2009-06-20

BIRD31751 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Stettler Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2009-07-22

BIRD31752 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Alix Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2009-08-17

BIRD31753 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Erskine Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2009-06-20

BIRD31754 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Arrowwood Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2009-06-27

BIRD31755 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Arrowwood Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2009-06-27

BIRD31756 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, J.J. Collett Natural Area Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2009-07-29

UASM210058 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lethbridge Collected ByMengerson, E. Date Collected2001-06-28/2001-06-29

UASM210059 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Waterton Lakes National Park Collected ByPike, T. Date Collected2005-07-11

UASM210108 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByFuller, E. Date Collected1994-06-21

UASM210109 - Apamea commoda

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Jasper National Park, Jasper Collected BySchmidt, B. C. Date Collected1998-07-08

Adult Seasonal Distribution