Rhodophthitus tricoloraria

Rhodophthitus tricoloraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Genus: Rhodophthitus
Species: R. tricoloraria
Binomial name
Rhodophthitus tricoloraria
(Mabille, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Rhodophthitus imperialis Bastelberger, 1907

Rhodophthitus tricoloraria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Congo, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.[1]

The forewings of this species are yellowish-white with black, parallel dashed lines. Hidewings are light-ochreous yellow with black central cell spot. The female has a wingspan of 54 mm.[2]

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