Kebnat

Apamea

18 species

In Québec, the genus Apamea (family Noctuidae) counts 18 species of insects. The stars? Yellow-headed Cutworm Moth, Glassy Cutworm Moth and Bordered Apamea Moth, the most often observed. The richest region: Capitale-Nationale, with 14 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Capitale-Nationale14
  2. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean13
  3. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine13
  4. Bas-Saint-Laurent11
  5. Montérégie11
  6. Abitibi-Témiscamingue10
  7. Outaouais8
  8. Estrie7
  9. Côte-Nord7
  10. Mauricie4
  11. Nord-du-Québec4
  12. Lanaudière4
  13. Laurentides3
  14. Montréal2
  15. Chaudière-Appalaches2
  16. Centre-du-Québec2
  17. Laval1

Apamea 18

Lepidoptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Noctuidae
All2,108Noctuidae445Tortricidae317Geometridae242Erebidae203Crambidae132Gelechiidae84Pyralidae80Gracillariidae68Nymphalidae51Notodontidae49Lycaenidae31Sphingidae31Tineidae31Hesperiidae29Depressariidae26Nepticulidae24Sesiidae21Coleophoridae18Limacodidae15Pterophoridae14Momphidae13Pieridae13Nolidae12Saturniidae11Argyresthiidae10Drepanidae8Oecophoridae8Blastobasidae6Cosmopterigidae6Hepialidae6Lasiocampidae6Papilionidae6Bucculatricidae5Choreutidae5Cossidae5Tischeriidae5Autostichidae4Carposinidae4Elachistidae4Ethmiidae4Heliozelidae4Psychidae4Yponomeutidae4Euteliidae3Glyphipterigidae3Plutellidae3Scythrididae3Ypsolophidae3Adelidae2Alucitidae2Apatelodidae2Eriocraniidae2Incurvariidae2Lyonetiidae2Prodoxidae2Schreckensteiniidae2Uraniidae2Attevidae1Batrachedridae1Bedelliidae1Dryadaulidae1Epermeniidae1Heliodinidae1Lecithoceridae1Micropterigidae1Opostegidae1Thyrididae1Urodidae1
Yellow-headed Cutworm Moth131 observations
Glassy Cutworm Moth115 observations
Bordered Apamea Moth58 observations
Small Clouded Brindle51 observations
Doubtful Apamea Moth44 observations
Verbascoides Apamea Moth32 observations
Wood-colored Apamea Moth28 observations
Thoughtful Apamea22 observations
Airy Apamea Moth20 observations
Impulsive Apamea17 observations
Fox Apamea14 observations
Yellow Three-Spot12 observations
Northern Arches12 observations
Snowy-veined Apamea Moth7 observations
Lined Quaker4 observations
Faint-spotted Quaker4 observations
Ornate Apamea2 observations
Black-dashed Apamea Moth2 observations