Prorella gypsata

Prorella gypsata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Prorella
Species:	P. gypsata
Binomial name
	Prorella gypsata; (Grote, 1882)[1][2]
Synonyms
	Eupithecia gypsata Grote, 1882; Gymnocelis gypsata;

Prorella gypsata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1882. It is found in the US states of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and south-western Texas.[3]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are creamy white. In the median area, there is a large, elongated, rectangular, costal patch which descends inward across the cell and contains an upright, black, discal streak. A narrow, white, outwardly angled band, separates this rectangle from a similarly colored, subapical blotch. The subterminal area is largely smoky brown, the terminal margin lighter brown, the two areas separated by a dentate, white line. The hindwings are white crossed by curved postmedian and subterminal lines. Beyond the latter, the margin is broadly tinged with smoky. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to June and again from August to October, probably in two generations per year.

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Prorella gypsata (Grote 1882)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
"910452.00 – 7611 – Prorella gypsata – (Grote, 1882)". 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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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Prorella gypsata (Grote 1882)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.

[2] "910452.00 – 7611 – Prorella gypsata – (Grote, 1882)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 2, 2019.

[3] 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.