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Scintillithex

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Species
  
S. glaucisparsa

Scintillithex is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, Scintillithex glaucisparsa, which is found on Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia.

The forewings are a dark maroon-brown with sharply defined bands suffused with bluish grey. The hindwings are paler grey-brown.

Subspecies

  • Scintillithex glaucisparsa glaucisparsa (Borneo)
  • Scintillithex glaucisparsa scintillulata (Prout, 1941) (Peninsular Malaysia)
  • References

    Scintillithex Wikipedia