Metalopha liturata (Christoph, 1887)

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Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Acontiinae (subfamily)/  Armadini (tribe)/  Metalopha (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Christoph, 1887)
Citation:	Megalodes Liturata Chr.
Original genus:	Megalodes
Publication:	Christoph H. T. 1887a. Lepidoptera aus dem Achal-Tekke-Gebiet. Dritter Teil. – In: Romanoff, N. M. (ed.) Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères.
Journal:	—
Volume:	3
Issue:
Pagination:	89–90; pl. 4, fig. 10
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12254531

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Metalopha liturata (Christoph, 1887)	Syntype	♂	ZIN	Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, ZIN.	Russian Federation	[Russia], Askhabad; [Iran], Persia, Schahrud.

Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Metalopha liturata (Christoph, 1887)	Saudi Arabia		Fibiger M. & Legrain A. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Noctuoidea. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. page 598
Metalopha liturata (Christoph, 1887)	United Arab Emirates		Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 6

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Metalopha kashmirensis (Hampson, 1894)	(Hampson, 1894)	species	Synonym	Megalodes kashmirensis
Metalopha plusina Staudinger, 1891	Staudinger, 1891	species	Synonym	Metalopha plusina