Pitthea subflaveola
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]
| Pitthea subflaveola | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pitthea |
| Species: | P. subflaveola |
| Binomial name | |
| Pitthea subflaveola Bethune-Baker, 1911 | |
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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
- 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.
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