Atethmia ambusta

Atethmia ambusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Atethmia
Species: A. ambusta
Binomial name
Atethmia ambusta
Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Synonyms
  • Noctua ambusta

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).[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

There are four recognised subspecies:

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