Metopoceras felicina
| Metopoceras felicina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Metopoceras |
| Species: | M. felicina |
| Binomial name | |
| Metopoceras felicina (Donzel, 1844) | |
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Metopoceras felicina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. 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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