Amphipyra

Amphipyra
Amphipyra pyramidea (Copper underwing)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Amphipyrinae
Tribe:	Amphipyrini
Genus:	Amphipyra Ochsenheimer, 1816
Synonyms
Pyrois Hübner, [1820] Scotophila Hübner, [1820] Pyrophila Stephens, 1829 Syntomopus Guenée, 1837 Philopyra Guenée, 1838 Neocomia Rougemont, 1901 Pyramidcampa Beck, 1991 Adpyramidcampa Beck, 1991 Adamphipyra Beck, 1991 Tetrapyra Beck, 1991 Antiamphipyra Beck, 1991 Anpyramidea Beck, 1996 Obtuscampa Beck, 1996

Amphipyra is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae, the only genus in the tribe Amphipyrini.[1]

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[2]
• 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

1. Keegan, Kevin; Rota, Jadranka; Zahiri, Reza; Zilli, Alberto; et al. (2021). "Toward a Stable Global Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Taxonomy". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 5 (3). doi:10.1093/isd/ixab005.
2. Amphipyra pyramidoides, Butterflies and Moths of North America

• Savela, Markku. "Amphipyra Ochsenheimer, 1816". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
• Beccaloni, George; et al. (eds.). "Search Results Subfamily: Amphipyrinae". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved March 28, 2018.