Ophthalmitis cordularioides

Ophthalmitis cordularioides is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1993. It is found in Borneo and Sumatra.

Ophthalmitis cordularioides
Borneo, Trusmadi area, lower montane dipterocarp forest
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Opthalmitis
Species:
O. cordularioides
Binomial name
Ophthalmitis cordularioides
Holloway, 1993

The wingspan is 27–30 mm for males and about 33 mm for females. In facies this species resembles closely Ophthalmitis cordularia from the Himalayas and Ophthalmitis rufilauta but with black rather than brown markings.

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  • Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Ophthalmitis cordularioides sp. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved February 7, 2019.