Phaiogramma stibolepida

Phaiogramma stibolepida is a species of moth of the family Geometridae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879. It is found in eastern and southern Africa and on Madagascar.[1]

Phaiogramma stibolepida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Tribe:
Hemitheini
Genus:
Phaiogramma
Species:
P. stibolepida
Binomial name
Phaiogramma stibolepida
(Butler, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Comibaena stibolepida Butler, 1879
  • Nemoria pallidularia Mabille, 1880

The larvae feed on Malvaceae species[2] and their wingspan is around 20 mm.

The original description of Butler of this species is:

Comibaena stibolepida, n.sp.

Wings snow-white, densely mottled with dull bluish-green; a slightly arched testaceous stripe across the basal area, and an undulated discal stripe of the same colour; body whitish testaceous; wings below white, primaries with testaceous costal border; body white, legs red-brown above. Expanse of wings: 11 lines

Allied to C. pieridoides[3]

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Phaiogramma stibolepida (Butler, 1879)". Afromoths. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  2. uni-bayreuth.de Archived 2006-10-14 at the Wayback Machine - Diversität von Geometriden (Lepidoptera) und Gefäßpflanzen entlang von Habitatgradienten am Südwest- Kilimanjaro from J. Axmacher
  3. Butler, A. G. (1879). "On a collection of Lepidoptera from Madagascar". Cistula Entomologica 2: 389–394.
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