Pitthea subflaveola
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Pitthea |
Species: | P. subflaveola
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Binomial name | |
Pitthea subflaveola Bethune-Baker, 1911
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Pitthea subflaveola is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1911.[1] It is found in Angola.[2]
The wingspan is about 36 mm. Both wings are sooty black, the forewings with a white spot in the cell and two postmedian ones, the upper one below the costa is quadrangular, while the lower and larger one is wedge-shaped. The hindwings are without markings.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pitthea subflaveola". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ "AfroMoths". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ^ Bethune-Baker, G.T. (1927). "XLVI.—Descriptions of new species of Heterocera from Africa and the East". Journal of Natural History. 9. 20 (118): 321–334. doi:10.1080/00222932708655457. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.