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Metalopha gloriosa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Hexapoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Scientific name
  
Metalopha gloriosa

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Rank
  
Species

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

  • Metalopha gloriosa gloriosa
  • Metalopha gloriosa ingloria (Israel)
  • References

    Metalopha gloriosa Wikipedia