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 | |
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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) | |
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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)
gollark: AP times are down, interestingly; due to the hypothetical release?
gollark: AP just gave me a free purple nebula!
gollark: But is it very reflective, almost metallic looking?
gollark: Another several days, another gold missed.
gollark: If NDs can be hatched in minutes then prizekins can be hatched in an hour or whatever.
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