Metallolophia vitticosta

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Metallolophia vitticosta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Metallolophia
Species:
M. vitticosta
Binomial name
Metallolophia vitticosta
(Walker, 1860) [1]
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma vitticostaWalker, 1860

Metallolophia vitticosta is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. [2] The habitat consists of lowland forests and lower montane forests.

Adults are uniform brown with a pale zone along the forewing costa.

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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 vitticosta Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 17, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)