Metopoceras delicata

Metopoceras delicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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 family Noctuidae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1898. 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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species info
Kravchenko, V. D.; Fibiger, M.; Muller, G. & Ronkay, L. (March 2005). "The Cuculliinae of Israel (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)" (PDF). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 33 (129): 83–95.

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