Ptychotheca

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Larentiinae
Tribe:	Eupitheciini
Genus:	Ptychotheca Warren, 1906
Species:	P. pallidivirens
Binomial name
Ptychotheca pallidivirens (Warren, 1903)
Synonyms
Chloroclystis pallidivirens Warren, 1903 Chloroclystis pullivirens Prout, 1935

References

1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ptychotheca Warren 1906". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
2. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Chloroclystis Hübner". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ptychotheca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
4. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ptychotheca pallidivirens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 5, 2019.