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Pitthea neavei

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Species of moth

Pitthea neavei
P. neavei, Piteka, North Kivu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pitthea
Species: P. neavei
Binomial name
Pitthea neavei
(Prout, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Pitthea aurantifascia Prout, 1921

Pitthea neavei, or Neave's highflier, is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1915. It is found in Malawi and Congo.

This species has a wingspan of 37–43 mm.

References

  1. "Pitthea neavei Prout, 1915". African Moths. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Pitthea neavei Prout L. B., 1915". Afromoths. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  3. Prout (1915). "New genera and species of African Geometridae". Novitates Zoologicae. 22: 373.

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Taxon identifiers
Pitthea neavei
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