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Metopoceras felicina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Portugal, Spain, the Canary Islands, and the western parts of the Maghreb countries. This is a thermophilous species found in Thermo and Meso-Mediterranean habitats with xerophilous grasslands and light scrubland.

Metopoceras felicina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Metopoceras
Species:	M. felicina
Binomial name
Metopoceras felicina (Donzel, 1844)
Synonyms
Polia felicina Donzel, 1844

Adults are on wing from February to June. There is one generation per year.

Subspecies

• Metopoceras felicina felicina
• Metopoceras felicina calderana (Canary Islands)
• Metopoceras felicina purpurariae (Canary Islands)

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• Lepiforum.de

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