Metallolophia cineracea

Metallolophia cineracea is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1996. It is found on Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia.[2] The habitat consists of lowland heath forests.

Metallolophia cineracea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Metallolophia
Species:
M. cineracea
Binomial name
Metallolophia cineracea
Holloway, 1996[1]

The wingspan is 15–20 mm. The upperside of the wings above has a pale grey ground colour with a uniform irroration (sprinkling) of black scales. The underside is almost violet grey.

References

  1. Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Metallolophia cineracea sp. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 17, 2019.


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