Ophthalmitis sinensium

Ophthalmitis sinensium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Ophthalmitis
Species: O. sinensium
Binomial name
Ophthalmitis sinensium
(Oberthür, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Ophthalmodes sinensium Oberthür, 1913
  • (Ophthalmodes) sinensium Prout, 1915
  • Boarmia (Ophthalmodes) sinensium var. abundantior Wehrli, 1943
  • Boarmia (Ophthalmodes) sinensium hypophayla Wehrli, 1943
  • Ophthalmitis lushanaria Sato, 1992
  • Ophthalmitis sinensium Parsons et al., 1999

Ophthalmitis sinensium is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Oberthür in 1913.[1] It is found in China, India, Vietnam, Thailand and probably in Sri Lanka.[2]

Its wings are greenish. Hindwing medial line is close to the inner margin of the discal spot. In male genitalia, the uncus has only one pair of lateral processes.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Ophthalmitis sinensium Oberthür, 1913". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. ↑ "A review of Ophthalmitis Fletcher, 1979 in China, with descriptions of four new species". Zootaxa. Retrieved 17 March 2018.


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