''Collix rufidorsata'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
in the family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metr ...
. It was described by
Louis Beethoven Prout
Louis Beethoven Prout (1864–1943) was an English entomologist and musicologist.
Prout specialised in the insect order of Lepidoptera, especially the Geometridae, or geometer moths, on which he was a foremost authority. His notebooks and publi ...
in 1929. It is found on
Java
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,
Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java Isl ...
, the
Bismarck Archipelago
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History
The first inhabitants o ...
and
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
. It has one subspecies, ''promulgata'', which is darker, more reddish-purple, and less markedly banded than the name-typical variety.
Subspecies
*''Collix rufidorsata rufidorsata'' (Java, Borneo)
*''Collix rufidorsata promulgata''
Prout, 1929 (New Guinea, Bismarck Islands)
References
rufidorsata
Moths described in 1929
Moths of Borneo
Moths of New Guinea
Taxa named by Louis Beethoven Prout
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