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Ptychotheca

Ptychotheca is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Geometridae. Its only species, Ptychotheca pallidivirens, is found in New Guinea. Both the genus and species were first described by William Warren, the genus in 1906 and the species in 1903.

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Ptychotheca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Eupitheciini
Genus: Ptychotheca
Warren, 1906
Species:
P. pallidivirens
Binomial name
Ptychotheca pallidivirens
(Warren, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Chloroclystis pallidivirens Warren, 1903
  • Chloroclystis pullivirens Prout, 1935

Ptychotheca is a monotypic moth genus belonging to 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 1903.34

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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.