Metopoceras felicina
| Metopoceras felicina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Noctuidae | 
| Genus: | Metopoceras | 
| Species: | M. felicina | 
| Binomial name | |
| Metopoceras felicina (Donzel, 1844) | |
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Metopoceras felicina is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Portugal, Spain, the Canary Islands, and the western parts of the Maghreb countries. This is a thermophilous species found in Thermo and Meso-Mediterranean habitats with xerophilous grasslands and light scrubland.
Adults are on wing from February to June. There is one generation per year.
Subspecies
- Metopoceras felicina felicina
- Metopoceras felicina calderana (Canary Islands)
- Metopoceras felicina purpurariae (Canary Islands)
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