Metopoceras omar explained

Metopoceras omar is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Charles Oberthür in 1887. It is widespread through the Palearctic eremic (desert) zone from north-western Africa to the Near East and Middle East.

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

Subspecies

• Metopoceras omar omar
• Metopoceras omar felix (Cyprus, Egypt, Sinai, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, eastern Africa)
• Metopoceras omar maritima (Sicily)
• Metopoceras omar caspica (Turkmenistran)

External links

• species info
• Kravchenko . V. D. . Fibiger . M. . Muller . G. . Ronkay . L. . amp . March 2005 . The Cuculliinae of Israel (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) . SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología . 33 . 129 . 83–95.