Ophthalmitis sinensium

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]

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

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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