Pasiphila lita

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Pasiphila lita
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pasiphila
Species:
P. lita
Binomial name
Pasiphila lita
(Prout, 1916) [1]
Synonyms
  • Chloroclystis litaProut, 1916
  • Mesocolpia lita

Pasiphila lita is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1916. It is found in Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Chloroclystis Hubner 1825". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2013.[ failed verification ]
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  3. "The geometrid moths of Yemen – With 50 new records for the country and description of 20 new taxa (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Buchreihe zur Entomologie . Schwanfeld. 12: 1–420. 4 September 2006. ISBN   3-938249-04-8.