Amphipoea is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae, found in the Holarctic realm.
Species
Amphipoea americana Speyer, 1875 – American ear moth
Amphipoea asiatica (Burrows, 1911) Amphipoea aslanbeki Ronkay & Herczig, 1991 Amphipoea bifurcata Gyulai & Ronkay, 1994 Amphipoea burrowsi (Chapman, 1912) Amphipoea butleri (Leech, 1900) Amphipoea chovdica Gyulai, 1989 Amphipoea cottlei (McDunnough, 1948) Amphipoea crinanensis (Burrows, 1908) – Crinan ear Amphipoea cuneata Gyulai & Ronkay, 1998 Amphipoea distincta (Warren, 1911) Amphipoea erepta (Grote, 1881) Amphipoea fucosa (Freyer, 1830) – saltern ear moth Amphipoea interoceanica (Smith, 1899) – interoceanic ear moth Amphipoea keiferi (Benjamin, 1935) Amphipoea lucens (Freyer, 1845)– large ear moth Amphipoea lunata (Smith, 1891) Amphipoea malaisei (Nordström, 1931) Amphipoea maryamae Zahiri & Fibiger, 2006 Amphipoea ochreola (Staudinger, 1882) Amphipoea oculea (Linnaeus, 1761) – ear moth Amphipoea pacifica (Smith, 1899) Amphipoea rufibrunnea (Heydemann, 1942) Amphipoea senilis (Smith, 1892) (syn: Amphipoea flavostigma (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924)) Amphipoea szabokyi Gyulai & Ronkay, 1990 Amphipoea ussuriensis (Petersen, 1914)
Former species
Amphipoea velata is now Loscopia velata (Walker, 1865)
Taxonomy
The genus Amphipoea was raised by the Swedish anatomist Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820. Amphipoea refers to Amphi – round and poa – grass; i.e. the habitat of the moths.