Atethmia ambusta

Atethmia ambusta
Atethmia ambusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Atethmia
Species: A. ambusta
Binomial name
Atethmia ambusta
Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Synonyms
  • Noctua ambusta

Atethmia ambusta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Central and South-eastern Europe, through Turkey to Syria.

The wingspan is 25-27 mm. Adults are on wing from September to November.

Recorded food plants of the larvae include the leaves of Malus and Pyrus species.

Subspecies

There are four recognised subspecies:

  • Atethmia ambusta ambusta (Europe)
  • Atethmia ambusta rubens (Turkey)
  • Atethmia ambusta syriaca (Syria)
  • Atethmia ambusta borjomensis (Kyrghyzstan)

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