Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Atethmia ambusta | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Atethmia Rank Species | |
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Similar Polymixis polymita, Blepharita amica, Athetis pallustris, Aporophyla australis, Aporophyla lutulenta | ||
Atethmia ambusta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Central Europe (missing in northern Germany) and parts of Southern Europe to Western Asia (Turkey to Syria).
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
There are four recognised subspecies:
References
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