Aphilopota phanerostigma

Aphilopota phanerostigma is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1917. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Zimbabwe[1] and Ethiopia.

Aphilopota phanerostigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Subfamily:
Ennominae
Genus:
Aphilopota
Species:
A. phanerostigma
Binomial name
Aphilopota phanerostigma
Prout, 1917

In Ethiopia the larvae of this species has been recorded as feeding on leaves of Catha edulis (Celastraceae).[2]

Subspecies
  • Aphilopota phanerostigma phanerostigma Prout, 1917 (South Africa)
  • Aphilopota phanerostigma mweruana Prout, 1954 (Congo)

References
  • Prout, L. B. (1917). "New Geometridae (Lepidoptera) in the South African Museum". Annals of the South African Museum. 17(1): 47–77.
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Aphilopota phanerostigma Prout L. B., 1917". Afromoths. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  2. (in French) van der Vossen, H.A.M., 2002. Catha edulis (Vahl) Forssk. ex Endl. [Internet] Fiche de PROTA4U. Oyen, L.P.A. & Lemmens, R.H.M.J. (Editeurs). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale)


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