Ophthalmitis rufilauta

Ophthalmitis rufilauta is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1925. It is found in Borneo in lowland and lower montane rainforests.[1] The species is distinguished by the brown shading between the hindwing antemedial line and the discal mark.[2]

Ophthalmitis rufilauta
Crocker Range National Park, Borneo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Opthalmitis
Species:
O. rufilauta
Binomial name
Ophthalmitis rufilauta
Prout, 1925
Synonyms
  • Ophthalmodes rufilauta Prout, 1925

References edit

  1. ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Ophthalmitis rufilauta Prout". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "Glossary". Pacific Northwest Moths.