Puneet Varma (Editor)

Pitthea perspicua

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Ennominae

Pitthea perspicua

Pitthea perspicua is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon and Congo.

The wingspan is about 44 mm. The forewings are black, with an oblique white hyaline, subapical bar. The hindwings are black, with the central area of the wing from the base to well beyond the cell, and from well above to well below the cell, bright deep ultramarine-blue. The underside of the hindwings is yellow, almost to the termen, which is narrowly black, whilst the apical area is more broadly black.

References

Pitthea perspicua Wikipedia