Metopoceras solituda

Metopoceras solituda
Metopoceras solituda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Metopoceras
Species: M. solituda
Binomial name
Metopoceras solituda
(Brandt, 1938)

Metopoceras solituda is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the eremic parts of Africa, northto south-western Iran and the Near East, where it occurs in Saudi Arabia, the Sinai in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.

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

Subspecies

  • Metopoceras solituda solituda
  • Metopoceras solituda eutychina (Israel,...)

External links