Ptychotheca

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Ptychotheca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Eupitheciini
Genus: Ptychotheca
Warren, 1906
Species:
P. pallidivirens
Binomial name
Ptychotheca pallidivirens
(Warren, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Chloroclystis pallidivirensWarren, 1903
  • Chloroclystis pullivirensProut, 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". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Chloroclystis Hübner". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  3. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Ptychotheca​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  4. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Ptychotheca pallidivirens​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 5, 2019.


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