Atethmia ambusta
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| Atethmia ambusta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Atethmia |
| Species: | A. ambusta
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| Binomial name | |
| Atethmia ambusta Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
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Atethmia ambusta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Central Europe (missing in northern Germany) and parts of Southern Europe to Western Asia (Turkey to Syria).[1]
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
[edit | edit source]There are four recognised subspecies:
- Atethmia ambusta ambusta (Europe)
- Atethmia ambusta rubens (Turkey)
- Atethmia ambusta syriaca (Syria)
- Atethmia ambusta borjomensis (Kyrghyzstan)
References
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External links
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