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Metopoceras kneuckeri is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Hans Rebel in 1903. It is found from northwest Africa to Pakistan.

Metopoceras kneuckeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Metopoceras
Species:	M. kneuckeri
Binomial name
Metopoceras kneuckeri (Rebel, 1903)
Synonyms
Acrobyla kneuckeri Rebel, 1903

The wingspan is about 26 mm. Adults are on wing from March to April. There is one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on Acacia arabica.

Subspecies

• Metopoceras kneuckeri kneuckeri
• Metopoceras kneuckeri gloriosa (Algeria, Morocco, Mauretania, Canary Islands)
• Metopoceras kneuckeri ariefera (Oman, Bahrain, Iran, Pakistan)

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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