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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.

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)

External links

• 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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