Prorella protoptata

Prorella protoptata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Prorella
Species:	P. protoptata
Binomial name
	Prorella protoptata; (McDunnough, 1938)[1][2]
Synonyms
	Eupithecia protoptata McDunnough, 1938;

Prorella protoptata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1938. It is found in the US in south-western Texas.

The wingspan is about 16 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to June.[3]

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Prorella protoptata (McDunnough 1938)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
"910465.00 – 7624 – Prorella protoptata – (McDunnough, 1938)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
McDunnough, James H. (1949). "Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 93: 533–728.

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