Metallolophia subradiata
Metallolophia subradiata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by William Warren in 1897. It is found on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.[2] The habitat consists of lower montane forests and hill dipterocarp forests.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Metallolophia |
| Species: | M. subradiata |
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The anterior of the forewing has a pale greenish ground colour, while the rest of the wing is strongly irrorated (sprinkled) with black.
References
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- 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.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Metallolophia subradiata Warren". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
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