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Ammoconia senex

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Scientific name
  
Ammoconia senex

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ammoconia

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Ammoconia caecimacula, Polymixis xanthomista, Aporophyla canescens, Atethmia ambusta, Mniotype satura

Ammoconia senex is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the European part of the Mediterranean Region and an isolated population near the Middle Rhine. It is also found in Turkey, the Caucasus, Iraq and Iran.

The wingspan is 36–46 mm. Adults are on wing from September to October or November.

The larvae feed on various low-growing plants, including Plantago and Taraxacum.

Subspecies

  • Ammoconia senex senex (northern Mediterranean Region)
  • Ammoconia senex mediorhenana Fuchs, 1879 (Middle Rhine)
  • Ammoconia senex typhoea Turati, 1909 (Sicily)
  • Ammoconia senex wagneri (Boursin, 1935) (Bulgaria)
  • Ammoconia senex victoris Ronkay & Varga, 1994 (Turkey)
  • Ammoconia senex rjabovi Ronkay & Varga, 1984 (Dagestan)
  • Ammoconia senex transhamadanensis Gyulai & Ronkay, 2006 (Iran)

    • References

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