Amphipyra Explained

Amphipyra is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae, the only genus in the tribe Amphipyrini.

Selected species

The following species are recognised in the genus Amphipyra:

• Amphipyra acheron Draudt, 1950
• Amphipyra albicilia Hampson, 1894
• Amphipyra albolineola Yoshimoto, 1993
• Amphipyra alpherakii (Staudinger, 1888)
• Amphipyra amentet Babics, Benedek & Saldaitis, 2013
• Amphipyra anophthalma Boursin, 1963
• Amphipyra averna Hreblay & Ronkay, 1997
• Amphipyra berbera Rungs, 1949 – Svensson's copper underwing
• Amphipyra boursini Hacker, 1998
• Amphipyra brunneoatra Strand, 1916
• Amphipyra cancellata Warren, 1911
• Amphipyra charon Draudt, 1950
• Amphipyra cinnamomea (Goeze, 1781)
• Amphipyra costiplaga Draudt, 1950
• Amphipyra cupreipennis Moore, 1882
• Amphipyra deleta Draudt, 1950
• Amphipyra deletaiwana Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
• Amphipyra effusa Boisduval, 1829
• Amphipyra erebina Butler, 1878
• Amphipyra formosana Hacker & Ronkay, 1998
• Amphipyra fuscusa Chang, 1989
• Amphipyra glabella (Morrison, 1874) – grey amphipyra or smooth amphipyra
• Amphipyra herrichschaefferi Hacker & Peks, 1998
• Amphipyra herzigi Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
• Amphipyra horiei Owada, 1996
• Amphipyra jankowskii Oberthür, 1884
• Amphipyra kautti Hacker, 2002
• Amphipyra livida (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
• Amphipyra magna Walker, 1865
• Amphipyra marmorea Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
• Amphipyra micans Lederer, 1857
• Amphipyra microlitha Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
• Amphipyra molybdea Christoph, 1867
• Amphipyra monochroma Yoshimoto, 1993
• Amphipyra monolitha Guenée, 1852
• Amphipyra okinawensis Sugi, 1982
• Amphipyra owadai Hreblay, Peregovits & Ronkay, 1999
• Amphipyra pallidipennis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
• Amphipyra perflua (Fabricius, 1787)
• Amphipyra porphyrea Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
• Amphipyra pyramidea (Linnaeus, 1758) – copper underwing, humped green fruitworm, or pyramidal green fruitworm
• Amphipyra pyramidoides Guenée, 1852 – copper underwing^[1]
• Amphipyra schrenckii Ménétriés, 1859
• Amphipyra sergei (Staudinger, 1888)
• Amphipyra shyrshana Chang, 1989
• Amphipyra stix Herrich-Schäffer, 1850
• Amphipyra striata Bremer & Grey, 1853
• Amphipyra strigata D. S. Fletcher, 1968
• Amphipyra subtrigua Bremer & Grey, 1853
• Amphipyra suryai Yoshimoto, 1993
• Amphipyra tetra (Fabricius, 1787)
• Amphipyra tragopoginis (Clerck, 1759) – mouse moth
• Amphipyra tripartita Butler, 1878

References

• Web site: Savela . Markku . Amphipyra Ochsenheimer, 1816 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . March 28, 2018.
• Web site: Beccaloni . George . etal . Search Results Subfamily: Amphipyrinae . The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum, London . March 28, 2018.

Notes and References

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Amphipyra-pyramidoides Amphipyra pyramidoides