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The Clouded Brindle (''Apamea epomidion'') is a moth of the family Noctuidae, sub-family Hadeninae. It is found throughout continental Europe, the British Isles, Sweden and Central Asia. Also in the Altai Mountains, West Siberia, and in Amur. :''See glossary for terms used'' The wingspan is 40–46 mm.〔〔Forewing grey brown or pale liver coloured; inner and outer lines double, obscurely marked; a thick black streak from base below cell, and a more diffuse one obliquely below it above inner margin; claviform stigma small, with black outline; orbicular oblique with brown centre and pale ring; reniform pale, defined only on its inner edge by a brown line with a pale dot at lower end, the cell between them dark brown; submarginal line pale, indented on each fold, preceded by black blotches on costa and on the folds and followed by dark marks on the latter only; hindwing brownish fuscous, paler towards base, with dark cell spot; very frequently the whole forewing is suffused with reddish brown, throwing up the paler transverse markings; this is the form ''characterea'' Hbn. - an extreme development of this, with the basal area above the black streak remaining prominently pale is the ab. ''epomidion'' Haw.;- ''alopecuroides'' Spul., from the Bukowina, denotes a form in which the whole forewing is redbrown, as in the form of ''rurea'' F. called ''alopecurus'' Esp.; - ''discrepans'' Stgr., (ssp. of ''Apamea aquila'' Donzel, 1837 ) from the Ussuri, is described as being much darker, the forewings coloured as in ''gemina'' Hbn. The moth flies in June and July. The larvae feed on grasses and other low plants.〔〔Wikisource:The Moths of the British Isles/Chapter 15#280〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Apamea epomidion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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