Pityeja
Genus of moths
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Pityeja is a Neotropical moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1861.[2][3]
| Pityeja | |
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| P. histrionaria, Ecuador | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Ourapterygini |
| Genus: | Pityeja Walker, 1861 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pityeja have relatively conspicuous wing patterns, which probably led to overestimation of their species richness in the past.[3]
Species
- Pityeja histrionaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
- Pityeja nazada (Druce, 1892)[3]
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