Mictoschema swierstrai

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Mictoschema swierstrai
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Mictoschema
Species:
M. swierstrai
Binomial name
Mictoschema swierstrai

Mictoschema swierstrai is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1922. It is found in South Africa. [2]

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References

  1. Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (2): 334–412. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x . Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Mictoschema swierstrai Prout L. B., 1922". Afromoths. Retrieved April 17, 2019.