Phaiogramma stibolepida

Phaiogramma stibolepida
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)
Synonyms
  • Comibaena stibolepida Butler, 1879
  • Nemoria pallidularia Mabille, 1880

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

  1. www.afromoths.net
  2. 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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