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Small clouded brindle

Apamea unanimis (Hübner, 1813)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The small clouded brindle (Apamea unanimis) is a species in the family Noctuidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the small clouded brindle

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest, grassland, wetland
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 small clouded brindle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the small clouded brindle as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

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 small clouded brindle 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 small clouded brindle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNoctuidae
  6. genusApamea
  7. SpeciesApamea unanimis (Hübner, 1813)

Synonyms Apamea fasciata, Apamea flavomaculata, Apamea juncta, Apamea nigrobrunnea, Apamea rufithorax, Apamea secalina, Apamea semiochrea, Noctua unanimis, Trachea unanimis

Other names and names in other languages (21)
  • šedavka bahenníCzech
  • Brithyn Cymylog BachWelsh
  • Harmonisk stængelugleDanish
  • RohrstoppeleuleGerman
  • läikiv-juureöölaneEstonian
  • kosteikkojuuriyökkönenFinnish
  • noctuelle de lalpisteFrench
  • Mocsárréti dudvabagolyHungarian
  • Tamsusis pašakninis pelėdgalvisLithuanian
  • rørengflyNorwegian Bokmål
  • RietgrasuilDutch
  • røyrengflyNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Апамея единодушнаяRussian
  • sivkavec chrastnicovýSlovak
  • čužkina rušnicaSlovenian
  • flenängsflySwedish
  • Brithion Cymylog BachWelsh
  • Glanzgras-GrasbüscheleuleGerman
  • Ufer-GlanzgraseuleGerman
  • Noctuelle de l'AlpisteFrench
  • Noctuelle de l'Alpiste (La)French

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the small clouded brindle

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 small clouded brindle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the small clouded brindle as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the small clouded brindle?

The small clouded brindle (Apamea unanimis) 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). Small clouded brindle (Apamea unanimis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-clouded-brindle

MLA

“Small clouded brindle (Apamea unanimis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-clouded-brindle.

BibTeX
@misc{small_clouded_brindle_2026,
  title = {Small clouded brindle (Apamea unanimis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-clouded-brindle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}