Biology:Ptychamalia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Ptychamalia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Ptychamalia
Prout, 1932
Species:
P. dorneraria
Binomial name
Ptychamalia dorneraria
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)

Ptychamalia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Prout in 1932. Its only species, Ptychamalia dorneraria, was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913.[1][2] It is found in North America.[1]

The MONA or Hodges number for Ptychamalia dorneraria is 7131.[3]

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