Metallolophia vitticosta

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

Metallolophia vitticosta is a moth of the Geometridae family. 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.

References

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  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