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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Atethmia |
| Species: | A. ambusta
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| Atethmia ambusta Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
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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 edit
There are four recognised subspecies:
- Atethmia ambusta ambusta (Europe)
- Atethmia ambusta rubens (Turkey)
- Atethmia ambusta syriaca (Syria)
- Atethmia ambusta borjomensis (Kyrghyzstan)
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