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title: "Eurasian Copper Underwing"
description: "Amphipyra pyramidea — Insects & spiders. The copper underwing, humped green fruitworm or pyramidal green fruitworm (Amphipyra pyramidea) is a moth of the family Noctuidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/eurasian-copper-underwing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eurasian Copper Underwing

> Amphipyra pyramidea — Insects & spiders. The copper underwing, humped green fruitworm or pyramidal green fruitworm (Amphipyra pyramidea) is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

- Scientific name: *Amphipyra pyramidea*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 14071
- Wikidata: [Q735875](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735875)
- iNaturalist taxon: [461937](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/461937)

## Names

- en: Eurasian Copper Underwing
- de: Pyramideneule
- fr: Noctuelle cuivrée
- nl: Piramidevlinder

## Countries with the most observations

DE (1570), GB (1169), DK (691), FR (668), AT (448), IT (269), RU (268), FI (234), CH (202), NL (202), CZ (183), ES (152)

## Summary

The copper underwing, humped green fruitworm or pyramidal green fruitworm (Amphipyra pyramidea) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_underwing

## Photo

![Eurasian Copper Underwing](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eurasian-copper-underwing/medium.jpg)

Photo: Darrel Watts · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134836421

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eurasian-copper-underwing?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).