Psilocerea melanops

Psilocerea melanops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Genus: Psilocerea
Species: P. melanops
Binomial name
Psilocerea melanops
Carcasson,1965

Psilocerea melanops is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Uganda.[1]

This species has length of the forewings of 17–19 mm, a chamois ground colour, irrorated with darker scales and speckled with some black scales.

Carcasson suggested that this species may be wrongly placed in this genus as it differs from other species in the straight margin of the forewings.[2]

References

  1. Afromoths.net
  2. Carcasson, R. H. 1965. New Lepidoptera from East Africa. – Journal of the East African Natural History Society 25(2):131–160


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