Biology:Ptychotheca

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Short description: Genus of moths

Ptychotheca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Subfamily:
Larentiinae
Tribe:
Eupitheciini
Genus:
Ptychotheca

Warren, 1906
Species:
P. pallidivirens
Binomial name
Ptychotheca pallidivirens
(Warren, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Chloroclystis pallidivirens Warren, 1903
  • Chloroclystis pullivirens Prout, 1935

Ptychotheca is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae.[1] Its only species, Ptychotheca pallidivirens, is found in New Guinea.[2] Both the genus and species were first described by William Warren, the genus in 1906 and the species in 1903.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ptychotheca Warren 1906". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82847231. 
  2. ↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Chloroclystis Hübner". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/eupitheciini/eupitheciini_11.php. Retrieved May 5, 2019. 
  3. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Ptychotheca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=218157. 
  4. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Ptychotheca pallidivirens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=218410. 

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