Pitthea subflaveola

Pitthea subflaveola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Genus: Pitthea
Species: P. subflaveola
Binomial name
Pitthea subflaveola
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Synonyms
  • Pitthea subflaveola Bethune-Baker, 1927 (redescription)

Pitthea subflaveola is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Bethune-Baker in 1911.[1] It is found in Angola.[2]

The wingspan is about 36 mm. Both wings are sooty black, the forewings with a white spot in the cell and two postmedian ones, the upper one below the costa is quadrangular, while the lower and larger one is wedge-shaped. The hindwings are without markings.[3]

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