Phaiogramma stibolepida
| Phaiogramma stibolepida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Hemitheini |
| Genus: | Phaiogramma |
| Species: | P. stibolepida |
| Binomial name | |
| Phaiogramma stibolepida (Butler, 1879) | |
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Phaiogramma stibolepida is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in eastern and southern Africa and on Madagascar.[1]
The larvae feed on Malvaceae species[2] and their wingspan is around 20mm.
The original description of Butler of this species is:
Comibaena stibolepida, n.sp.
Wings snow-white, densely mottled with dull bluish-green; a slightly arched testaceous stripe across the basal area, and an undulated discal stripe of the same colour; body whitish testaceous; wings below white, primaries with testaceous costal border; body white, legs red-brown above. Expanse of wings: 11 lines
Allied to C.pieridoides[3]
References
- ↑ www.afromoths.net
- ↑ uni-bayreuth.de - Diversität von Geometriden (Lepidoptera) und Gefäßpflanzen entlang von Habitatgradienten am Südwest- Kilimanjaro from J. Axmacher
- ↑
- Butler, A. G. 1879b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from Madagascar. - Cistula Entomologica 2 :389–394
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