Ocnogyna loewii is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1846. It is found in Asia Minor, Cyprus,[1] Near East, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Daghestan, southern Uzbekistan, south-western Tajikistan, northern Iran and Afghanistan.[2]
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| Caterpillar in Beit Guvrin National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Ocnogyna |
| Species: | O. loewii
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| Ocnogyna loewii (Zeller, 1846)
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The wingspan is 27–28 mm. Adults are on wing from March to May.
The larvae feed Achillea, Chrysanthemum, Cirsium, Onopordum and Trifolium species.
Subspecies
edit- Ocnogyna loewii loewii (Asia Minor, Near East)
- Ocnogyna loewii armena Staudinger, 1871 (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Daghestan)
- Ocnogyna loewii pallidior Christoph, 1884 (Kopet Dagh, Badhyz, southern Uzbekistan, south-western Tajikistan, northern Iran, Afghanistan)
References
edit- ^ Konstantinou, George (21 July 2015). "Ocnogyna loewii (Zeller, 1846), Μαρτούδκια". Biodiversity of Cyprus by NGO Protection of the Natural Heritage and the Biodiversity of Cyprus.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Ocnogyna loewii (Zeller, 1846)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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