Luxiaria mitorrhaphes

Luxiaria mitorrhaphes is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1925. It is found from the Himalayas to Japan, Taiwan, Myanmar, Borneo and Java.[1]

Luxiaria mitorrhaphes
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L. mitorrhaphes
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Luxiaria mitorrhaphes
Prout, 1925

Males are uniform fawn, while females are more speckled and have darker zones distal to the postmedials.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  2. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved March 30, 2019.


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