Ornithospila lineata Moore
Geometra lineata Moore, 1872, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1872: 580.
Diagnosis
This and the next species are larger than the previous six, with the transverse fasciae pale, straight.
In lineata these fasciae are yellow, and there is a marginal suffusion of the same colour.
The hindwing margin is more strongly angled than in congeners and bears a diagnostic black patch.
The marginal cilia are reddish.
Geographical range
Sri Lanka, N.E. Himalaya, Vietnam, Burma, Borneo, Sumatra.
Habitat preference
Though rare, the two recent records have been from a similar wide range of altitude as congeners: in upper montane forest at 1790m on G. Mulu; in regenerating alluvial forest at 50m near Long Melinau.
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