Pseudosterrha paulula

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Pseudosterrha paulula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pseudosterrha
Species:
P. paulula
Binomial name
Pseudosterrha paulula
(C. Swinhoe, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Oligochroa gayneriRothschild, 1901
  • Pseudosterrha ochrea(Warren, 1888)
  • Sterha philaeariaBrabant, 1896

Pseudosterrha paulula is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1886.

Distribution

It known from Algeria, Chad, Egypt, India, Iran, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Pseudosterrha paulula (Swinhoe, 1886)". Afromoths. Retrieved May 28, 2019.