Metalopha gloriosa

Metalopha gloriosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Metalopha
Species: M. gloriosa
Binomial name
Metalopha gloriosa
(Staudinger, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Antholopha gloriosa Christoph, 1887

Metalopha gloriosa is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from western Turkey to eastern Taurus Mountains, Iraq, Anatolia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.

Adults are on wing from February to March. There is one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on Launaea species.

Subspecies


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