Species name

Apamea sordens (Hufnagel, 1766) シロミミハイイロヨトウ,Cat.3740

 Taxonomy Phalaena sordens Hufnagel, 1766, Berl. Mag. 3: 306 (TL: Germany, Berlin)
Noctua basilinea [Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775, Angundung syst. Wekes Schmett. Wienergegend: 78 (TL: Austria, Vienna [destroyed])
Noctua nebulosa Vieweg, 1789, Tab. Verz. Brandenburg, Schmett. 2:55, pl. 1 (TL: Germany, Brandenburg)
Apamea finitima Guenee, 1852, in Boisduval & Guenee, Hist. nat. Insectes (Lepid) 5: 206, (TL: USA, NewYork [BMNH, London]
Hedena cinefacta Graeser, 1888 [1889], Berl. ent. Z. 32, II: 334 (TL: RFE, Vladivostok ["Wladiwostock"] [ZI, St. Petersburg]), nec Guenee, 1852
Hadena sordens var. grisescens Staudinger, 1889, Stettin. ent. Ztg. 1889: 42 (TL: Kyrgyzia, S Issyk Kul [MNHU, Berlin])
Hadena basilinea var. basistriga Staudinger, 1892, in Romanoff. Mem. Lepid. 6: 439 (TL: RFE, Primorye terr., Askold Isl. Partizansk ["Sutschan"] [MNHU, Berlin])
Geographical range
From Europe to Turkey, Afganistan, Tibet, SE Russia, Korea, China (Heilongjiang, Quinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan,Nei Menggu, Xinjiang), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu)
日本では北海道一円にひろく分布
. 本州では岩手県, 秋田県の山間地の牧草地で相当数が得られており, 土着しているものと考えられる.
Distribution Map
Biology 幼虫は北海道でムギ類の害虫として報告されたこともある.
Flying season 1, 6-7月に出現.
Remark

前翅は紫灰色. 翅底には黒色条を表す. 内・外横線は2, その中間は淡色, 両横線の間は褐色を帯びる.  異名シロミミアカヨトウ.

Japan
Male Genitalia
 Female Genitalia  
References  Y. Kishida (E.d.), 2011, The Standard of Mothss in Japan II: 316
VS Kononenko, S.B. Alm, L. Ronkay, 1998, Illustrated Catalogue of Noctuidae in Korea
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