Plegapteryx prouti

Plegapteryx prouti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Genus:	Plegapteryx
Species:	P. prouti
Binomial name
	Plegapteryx prouti; (Bethune-Baker, 1927)
Synonyms
	Rhamphopteryx prouti Bethune-Baker, 1927;

Plegapteryx prouti is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1927.^[1] It is found in Cameroon.^[2]

The wingspan is about 34 mm. Both wings are cinnamon brown, irrorated with fine dark points, which are more prominent in the somewhat paler hindwings. The forewings have a trace of an oblique stripe from the apex to the middle of the inner margin and the radial area has a small dark cloud and is slightly tinged with greenish.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Plegapteryx prouti". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
^ Afromoths
^ Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Plegapteryx prouti". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[2] Afromoths

[3] Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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