Phrygionis argentata

The synonym Geometra argentata was also applied (invalidly) to the species now known as Urola nivalis
Phrygionis argentata
Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Tribe: Baptini
Genus: Phrygionis
Species: P. argentata
Binomial name
Phrygionis argentata
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena argentata Drury, 1773
  • Geometra argentata (Drury, 1773) Westwood
  • Phrygionis cultaria Hübner, [1825]
  • Phalaena decorata Fabricius 1781

Phrygionis argentata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae.[1] It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Jamaica.

Description

Upper Side. Antennae filiform. Body grey. Wings pale yellowish grey. A narrow yellow bar rises near the middle of the anterior wings, which, crossing them and the posterior, ends a little below the body on the abdominal edges; another small bar crosses the anterior wings near the shoulders, both of them being verged with silver. A small dark spot, surrounded with silver, is also placed close to the external edges of the posterior wings; and above it is a yellowish patch reaching to the upper corners.

Under Side. Wings pale light-coloured, almost white, immaculate. Margins of the wings entire. Wing-span 1¾ inches (44 mm).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Scoble, M. J. (1994). "A taxonomic revision of the genera Phrygionis Hübner and Pityeja Walker (Geometridae: Ennominae, Palyadini).". Zoolog. Jour. Linnean Soc. 111: 99–160. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1994.tb01480.x.
  2. ↑ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology 2. p. 27. pl. XIV.
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