Metopoceras delicata

Metopoceras delicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Metopoceras
Species: M. delicata
Binomial name
Metopoceras delicata
(Staudinger, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Nudifrons delicata Staudinger, 1898
  • Metopoceras gauckleri Pungeler, 1905
  • Metopoceras gaucleri Hampson, 1906

Metopoceras delicata is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Turkey, Israel, Jordan and Syria.

The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults are on wing in April. There is one generation per year.

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