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Metlaouia autumna is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Pierre Chrétien in 1910. It is known from the Maghreb area, Tripolitania, the Sinai in Egypt and the northern Negev and northern Arava in Israel

Metlaouia autumna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Metlaouia
Species:	M. autumna
Binomial name
Metlaouia autumna (Chrétien, 1910)

Adults are on wing in November. There is probably one generation per year.

Larvae have been recorded on Artemisia campestris.

External links

• Kravchenko, V. D.; Fibiger, M.; Muller, G. & Ronkay, L. (March 2005). "The Cuculliinae of Israel (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)" (PDF). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 33 (129): 83–95.

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