''Collix adamata'' 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

Prout Prout may refer to: Surname * Christopher Prout, Baron Kingsland (1942–2009), British politician * Ebenezer Prout (1835–1909), English composer, music theorist, writer and teacher * Elizabeth Prout (1820–1864), Catholic nun and Servant of Go ...

in 1941. It is found on Sulawesi. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ...

is about . The forewings are bister, the costa irrorate with warm buff, especially distad of the postmedial fascia, which is rather darker than the ground colour and very faintly marked. Distad of the postmedial fascia, the veins are marked each with a pair of warm buff spots. The hindwings are similarly marked, except for the warm buff costal irroration, which is not present.L.B. Prout
New Species of Indo-Australian Geometridae
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adamata Moths described in 1941 Taxa named by Louis Beethoven Prout {{Melanthiini-stub