Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Ennominae Scientific name Ophthalmitis Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Family Geometridae Tribe Boarmiini Higher classification Boarmiini | |
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Similar Geometer moth, Ennominae, Butterflies and moths, Insect, Ruttellerona | ||
Ophthalmitis is a genus of geometer moth in the Boarmiini tribe.
Description
All species have characteristic color patterns: the ground color is pale fawn, suffused or variegated with greenish brown. The fasciae are blackish and the discal spots likewise, prominent on each wing and usually enclosing an ellipse or a lunula of the ground color.
Palpi reaching vertex of head and fringed with hair in front. Antennae bipectinated to near apex in both sexes, the branches longer in the male than female. Hind tibia not dilated. Fore wings with a fovea in male. Apex rounded. Vein 3 from close to angle of cell. vein 7 to 9 stalked from near upper angle. Vein 10 free and vein 11 given off from vein 12. Hind wing with vein 3 from close to angle of cell.
References
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