Ophthalmis milete Cramer

Noctua milete Cramer, 1775, Uitl. Kapell., 1: 18.

Diagnosis

The blue and black pattern is similar to that of Longicella mollis, but the white markings are diagnostic.

Biology

Sevastopulo (1941a) noted Cissus (Vitaceae) as a larval host-plant.

Taxonomic Note

There is material of Ophthalmis milete from Kalimantan on the mainland of Borneo in the Muzium Zoologicum Bogoriense. In Peninsular Malaysia, the species is common in coastal forest of the Kuala Selangor Nature Park.

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