Metopoceras solituda
Metopoceras solituda is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Brandt in 1938. It is found in the eremic (desert) parts of Africa, north to south-western Iran and the Near East, where it occurs in Saudi Arabia, the Sinai in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
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Adults are on wing from March to April. There is one generation per year.
Subspecies
- Metopoceras solituda solituda
- Metopoceras solituda eutychina (Israel, ...)
External links
- Kravchenko, V. D.; Fibiger, M.; Muller, G. & Ronkay, L. (March 2005). "The Cuculliinae of Israel (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)" (PDF). SHILAP Revista de LepidopterologĂa. 33 (129): 83–95.
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