Moth Photographers Group – Genitalia – 932446 – 9456

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library

Noctuidae

932446 – 9456 – Amphipoea interoceanica (Smith, 1899) – Interoceanic Ear Moth

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Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced.
Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online)
Species Page at Block Island Moths
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
Species Page at Mass Moths
Species Page at iNaturalist

ID confirmed by brushing scales off tip of abdomen. In A. interoceanica, the digitus on the valvae does not extend beyond the tip of the valvae, as it does in A. americana.

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