Metopoceras philbyi

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Metopoceras philbyi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Metopoceras
Species:
M. philbyi
Binomial name
Metopoceras philbyi
Wiltshire, 1980

Metopoceras philbyi is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Wiltshire in 1980. It is endemic to western Arabia and is known from various locations on the Arabian Peninsula as well as in Jordan and Israel.

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


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