Ptychotheca
Genus of moths
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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]
| Ptychotheca | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Eupitheciini |
| Genus: | Ptychotheca Warren, 1906 |
| Species: | P. pallidivirens |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptychotheca pallidivirens (Warren, 1903) | |
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