Metalopha gloriosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1887. It is found from western Turkey to eastern Taurus Mountains, Iraq, Anatolia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Metalopha |
| Species: | M. gloriosa
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| 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
edit- Metalopha gloriosa gloriosa
- Metalopha gloriosa ingloria (Israel)
External links
edit- Kravchenko, V. D.; Fibiger, M.; Muller, G. & Ronkay, L. (March 2005). "The Cuculliinae of Israel (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)" (PDF). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 33 (129): 83–95.
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