Pityeja histrionaria

Pityeja histrionaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pityeja
Species: P. histrionaria
Binomial name
Pityeja histrionaria
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Geometra histrionaria Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]

Pityeja histrionaria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Central and South America, where it has been recorded from Costa Rica, Honduras, Ecuador and Venezuela.[1][2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Myrsine coriacea.[3]

References

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