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Metopoceras omar is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Charles Oberthür in 1887. It is widespread through the Palearctic eremic (desert) zone from north-western Africa to the Near East and Middle East.

Metopoceras omar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Metopoceras
Species:	M. omar
Binomial name
Metopoceras omar (Oberthür, 1887)
Synonyms
Cleophana omar Oberthür, 1887

Adults are on wing from January to April. There is one generation per year.

Subspecies

• Metopoceras omar omar
• Metopoceras omar felix (Cyprus, Egypt, Sinai, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi-Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, eastern Africa)
• Metopoceras omar maritima (Sicily)
• Metopoceras omar caspica (Turkmenistran)

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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