Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Ennominae | |
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Phrygionis argentata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Jamaica.
Description
Upper Side. Antennae filiform. Body grey. Wings pale yellowish grey. A narrow yellow bar rises near the middle of the anterior wings, which, crossing them and the posterior, ends a little below the body on the abdominal edges; another small bar crosses the anterior wings near the shoulders, both of them being verged with silver. A small dark spot, surrounded with silver, is also placed close to the external edges of the posterior wings; and above it is a yellowish patch reaching to the upper corners.
Under Side. Wings pale light-coloured, almost white, immaculate. Margins of the wings entire. Wing-span 1¾ inches (44 mm).