Amphipoea crinanensis, also known as the Crinan ear, is a moth of the family Noctuidae, found in Europe.

Adults are univoltine, flying during August in September and come to light and flowers, especially devil's-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis).

The pupal stage lasts four to six weeks, although it is not known where pupation takes place.. [4][6][7] Requiring genitalic examination to separate.

See Townsend et al.,[8] It is found in Fennoscandia, Ireland, Great Britain, Denmark, Germany, the Baltic region and central Europaean Russia.

[9] Burrows, described the moth in 1908 placing it in the genus Hydroecia, which means to water and to dwell, referring to the damp habitat of the species.