Prorella leucata

Prorella leucata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Prorella
Species: P. leucata
Binomial name
Prorella leucata
(Hulst, 1896)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Tephroclystia leucata Hulst, 1896

Prorella leucata is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found from California through Colorado, Maine, Montana, Oregon and Utah to British Columbia.

The wingspan is about 20 mm.[3] The wings are pale creamy, blotched with blackish along the costa. Of these patches, a rectangular, pre-apical one and a median one just interior to the discal spot are the most prominent.[4] Adults are on wing from June to September.

References

  1. ↑ Taxapad
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Bug Guide
  4. ↑ Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia, James H. McDunnough, 1949
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