Rhodophthitus tricoloraria
| Rhodophthitus tricoloraria | |
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| 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) | |
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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]
References
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Data related to Rhodophthitus tricoloraria at Wikispecies - Mabille 1890a. Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d'Abssinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et août 1886, 4e mémoire; Lépidoptères, avec des notes sur quelques autres espèces d'Afrique (Rhopalocera et Heterocera). - Annales de la Société entomologique de France (6)10:17–51, pls. 2, 3