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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pitthea
Species:
P. subflaveola
Binomial name
Pitthea subflaveola
Synonyms
  • Pitthea subflaveola Bethune-Baker, 1927 (redescription)

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

  1. 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.
  2. "AfroMoths". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  3. 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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