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 George Thomas 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]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pitthea subflaveola". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
"AfroMoths". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
Bethune-Baker, G.T. (1927). "XLVI.—Descriptions of new species of Heterocera from Africa and the East". Journal of Natural History. 9. 20: 321–334. doi:10.1080/00222932708655457.

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

[2] "AfroMoths". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 2017-07-26.

[3] Bethune-Baker, G.T. (1927). "XLVI.—Descriptions of new species of Heterocera from Africa and the East". Journal of Natural History. 9. 20: 321–334. doi:10.1080/00222932708655457.