Phrygionis argentata
Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Subfamily:
Ennominae
Tribe:
Baptini
Genus:
Phrygionis
Species:
P. argentata
Binomial name
Phrygionis argentata
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena argentata Drury, 1773
  • Geometra argentata (Drury, 1773) Westwood
  • Phrygionis cultaria Hübner, [1825]
  • Phalaena decorata Fabricius 1781

Phrygionis argentata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae.[1] 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).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Scoble, M. J. (1994). "A taxonomic revision of the genera Phrygionis Hübner and Pityeja Walker (Geometridae: Ennominae, Palyadini)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 111 (2): 99–160. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1994.tb01480.x.
  2. ↑ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 2. p. 27. pl. XIV.


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