Ocnogyna loewii

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]

Ocnogyna loewii
Caterpillar in Beit Guvrin National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Ocnogyna
Species:	O. loewii
Binomial name
Ocnogyna loewii (Zeller, 1846)
Synonyms
Trichosoma loewii Zeller, 1846 Ocnogyna loewii f. andresi Draudt, 1931 Ocnogyna loewii daghestana Dubatolov, 1996

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

• 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)