Metalopha gloriosa

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

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

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)


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