Metopoceras kneuckeri

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Metopoceras kneuckeri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Metopoceras
Species:
M. kneuckeri
Binomial name
Metopoceras kneuckeri
(Rebel, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Acrobyla kneuckeriRebel, 1903

Metopoceras kneuckeri is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Hans Rebel in 1903. It is found in northwest Africa, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates.

The wingspan is about 26 mm. Adults are on wing from March to April. There is one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on babul trees.

Subspecies


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