Ptychamalia
Genus of moths
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Ptychamalia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Prout in 1932. Its only species, Ptychamalia dorneraria, was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913.[1][2] It is found in North America.[1]
| Ptychamalia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Ptychamalia Prout, 1932 |
| Species: | P. dorneraria |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptychamalia dorneraria (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) | |
The MONA or Hodges number for Ptychamalia dorneraria is 7131.[3]
