Atethmia ambusta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Central Europe (missing in northern Germany) and parts of Southern Europe to Western Asia (Turkey to Syria).[1]

Atethmia ambusta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Atethmia
Species:
A. ambusta
Binomial name
Atethmia ambusta
Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Synonyms
  • Noctua ambusta

The wingspan is 25–27 mm. Adults are on wing from September to November.

Recorded food plants of the larvae include the leaves of Malus and Pyrus species.

Subspecies

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There are four recognised subspecies:

  • Atethmia ambusta ambusta (Europe)
  • Atethmia ambusta rubens (Turkey)
  • Atethmia ambusta syriaca (Syria)
  • Atethmia ambusta borjomensis (Kyrghyzstan)

References

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  1. ^ "European Lepidoptera and their ecology: Atethmia ambusta".
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