Metopoceras omar

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Metopoceras omar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Metopoceras
Species:
M. omar
Binomial name
Metopoceras omar
(Oberthür, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Cleophana omar Oberthür, 1887

Metopoceras omar is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Charles Oberthür in 1887. It is widespread through the Palearctic eremic (desert) zone from north-western Africa to the Near East and Middle East.

Adults are on wing from January to April. There is one generation per year.

Subspecies[edit]

  • Metopoceras omar omar
  • Metopoceras omar felix (Cyprus, Egypt, Sinai, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, eastern Africa)
  • Metopoceras omar maritima (Sicily)
  • Metopoceras omar caspica (Turkmenistran)

External links[edit]

  • species info
  • Kravchenko, V. D.; Fibiger, M.; Muller, G. & Ronkay, L. (March 2005). "The Cuculliinae of Israel (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)" (PDF). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 33 (129): 83–95.