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Figure of Eighty

Tethea ocularis

Classification

Class
Insecta

Tethea ocularis, the figure of eighty, is a moth of the family Drepanidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found throughout Continental Europe and has a scattered distribution in England and Wales, although it is absent from Scotland and Ireland.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 2,634United Kingdom · 725France · 469Germany · 400Spain · 174Switzerland · 96Belgium · 71Italy · 48Luxembourg · 5