Plegapteryx prouti

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]

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
Synonyms
  • Rhamphopteryx prouti Bethune-Baker, 1927

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
  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


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