Ptychotheca

Ptychotheca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Larentiinae
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 in 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.^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ptychotheca Warren 1906". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Chloroclystis Hübner". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
^ 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.
^ 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.

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