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Dusky brocade

Apamea remissa (Hübner)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The dusky brocade (Apamea remissa) is a species in the family Noctuidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the dusky brocade

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest, grassland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)
Generations a year
One
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the dusky brocade live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the dusky brocade as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Iceland

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the dusky brocade endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dusky brocade classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNoctuidae
  6. genusApamea
  7. SpeciesApamea remissa (Hübner)

Synonyms Apamea anceps, Apamea brunnea, Apamea gemina, Apamea obscura, Apamea protensa, Apamea supermissa, Hadena gemina, Hadena submissa, Luperina gemina, Noctua gemina, Noctua obscura, Noctua remissa, Trachea obscura

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Brithyn LlwydolauWelsh
  • Det korte wDanish
  • kahtaisjuuriyökkönenFinnish
  • brouilléeFrench
  • slåttengflyNorwegian Bokmål
  • Grauwe grasuilDutch
  • buskängsflySwedish
  • Brithion LlwydolauWelsh
  • Brouillée (La)French
  • föränderligt ängsflySwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dusky brocade

Other species in the same genus Apamea.

Dark arches

Apamea monoglypha

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the dusky brocade an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the dusky brocade as introduced in 1 country: Iceland, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the dusky brocade?

The dusky brocade (Apamea remissa) belongs to the family Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dusky brocade (Apamea remissa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dusky-brocade

MLA

“Dusky brocade (Apamea remissa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dusky-brocade.

BibTeX
@misc{dusky_brocade_2026,
  title = {Dusky brocade (Apamea remissa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dusky-brocade},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}