Metallolophia cineracea

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

Metallolophia cineracea is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia.[2] The habitat consists of lowland heath forests.

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

References

  1. Pitkin, Linda M. ; Hongxiang Han & Shayleen James, 2007, Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 343-412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x
  2. The Moths of Borneo


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