Metallolophia variegata
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| Metallolophia variegata Holloway, 1996[1]
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Metallolophia variegata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found on Borneo.[2] The habitat consists of lower montane forests.
The length of the forewings is 16-17mm. Adults are ashy grey, strongly marked with black fasciae and discal rings. The underside is medium to pale grey with faintly darker ghosts of the upperside fasciation except for the discal and basal marks of the forewing.
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- ^ 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
- ^ The Moths of Borneo
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