Collix rufidorsata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Collix
Species:
C. rufidorsata
Binomial name
Collix rufidorsata
Prout, 1929[1]

Collix rufidorsata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1929. It is found on Java, Borneo, the Bismarck Archipelago and New Guinea.[2] It has one subspecies, promulgata, which is darker, more reddish-purple, and less markedly banded than the name-typical variety.[3]

Subspecies

  • Collix rufidorsata rufidorsata (Java, Borneo)
  • Collix rufidorsata promulgata Prout, 1929 (New Guinea, Bismarck Islands)

References

  1. โ†‘ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Collix rufidorsata Prout 1929". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  2. โ†‘ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Collix rufidorsata Prout". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  3. โ†‘ Eric Tentarelli (2012). A Guide to Insects. Blackwell. p. 581.


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