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Amphipoea lucens, the large ear or large ear moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1845 and it is found in most of Europe.

Amphipoea lucens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Amphipoea
Species:
A. lucens
Binomial name
Amphipoea lucens
(Freyer, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Apamea lucens Freyer, 1845
  • Apamea lucens motojondensis Bryk, 1949

the wingspan is about 30–36 mm. It resembles Amphipoea oculea, but is larger, and with the ground colour, as a rule, pale and the reniform white.

Adults are on wing from August to September.

The larvae feed on the roots and stem bases of various grasses, especially Molinia caerulea.[1]


Similar species


Requiring genitalic examination to separate See Townsend et al.,[2]


References


  1. Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. Martin C. Townsend, Jon Clifton and Brian Goodey (2010). British and Irish Moths: An Illustrated Guide to Selected Difficult Species. (covering the use of genitalia characters and other features) Butterfly Conservation.



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