Metopoceras kneuckeri
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Metopoceras kneuckeri is a moth
of the Noctuidae
family. It is found from northwest Africa
to Pakistan
.
The wingspan
is about 26 mm. Adults are on wing from March to April. There is one generation per year.
The larvae probably feed on Acacia arabica.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. It is found from northwest Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
to Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 26 mm. Adults are on wing from March to April. There is one generation per year.
The larvae probably feed on Acacia arabica.
Subspecies
- Metopoceras kneuckeri kneuckeri
- Metopoceras kneuckeri gloriosa (Algeria, Morocco, Mauretania, Canary Islands)
- Metopoceras kneuckeri ariefera (Oman, Bahrain, Iran, Pakistan)