| Dindica alaopis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Dindica |
| Species: | D. alaopis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dindica alaopis L. B. Prout, 1932 [1] | |
Dindica alaopis is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1932. It is found on Borneo. [2] The habitat consists of montane forests at altitudes ranging from 900 to 2,600 meters. [3]
Moths are a polyphyletic 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 which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.
A species description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper. Its purpose is to give a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species which have been described previously or are related. The species description often contains photographs or other illustrations of the type material and states in which museums it has been deposited. The publication in which the species is described gives the new species a formal scientific name. Some 1.9 million species have been identified and described, out of some 8.7 million that may actually exist. Millions more have become extinct.
Louis Beethoven Prout (1864–1943) was an English entomologist and musicologist.
