Zythos modesta

Zythos modesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Zythos
Species:	Z. modesta
Binomial name
	Zythos modesta; Yazaki, 1996

Last updated December 27, 2025

Zythos modesta is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Katsumi Yazaki in 1996. It is found on the island of Bohol in the Philippines.^[2]

The wingspan is about 32 mm.

References

↑ Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x .
↑ Katsumi, Yazaki (March 1996). "The genus Zythos (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) of Wallacea". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 47 (1): 49–56 – via J-STAGE.

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[1] Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x .

[2] Katsumi, Yazaki (March 1996). "The genus Zythos (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) of Wallacea". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 47 (1): 49–56 – via J-STAGE.

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