| Ocnogyna loewii | |
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| Caterpillar in Beit Guvrin National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Ocnogyna |
| Species: | O. loewii |
| Binomial name | |
| Ocnogyna loewii (Zeller, 1846) | |
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Ocnogyna loewii is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1846. It is found in Asia Minor, Cyprus, [1] Near East, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Daghestan, southern Uzbekistan, south-western Tajikistan, northern Iran and Afghanistan. [2]
The wingspan is 27–28 mm. Adults are on wing from March to May.
The larvae feed Achillea , Chrysanthemum , Cirsium , Onopordum and Trifolium species.
