Biology:Phaiogramma stibolepida
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Short description: Species of moth
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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]
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
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Phaiogramma stibolepida (Butler, 1879)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/PHAISTIB. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ↑ uni-bayreuth.de - Diversität von Geometriden (Lepidoptera) und Gefäßpflanzen entlang von Habitatgradienten am Südwest- Kilimanjaro from J. Axmacher
- ↑ Butler, A. G. (1879). "On a collection of Lepidoptera from Madagascar". Cistula Entomologica 2: 389–394.
Wikidata ☰ Q7180190 entry
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