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Metopoceras delicata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1898. It is found in the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Turkey, Israel, Jordan and Syria.

Metopoceras delicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Metopoceras
Species:	M. delicata
Binomial name
Metopoceras delicata (Staudinger, 1898)
Synonyms
Nudifrons delicata Staudinger, 1898 Metopoceras gauckleri Pungeler, 1905 Metopoceras gaucleri Hampson, 1906

The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults are on wing in April. There is one generation per year.

External links

• species info
• 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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