Prorella protoptata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Prorella
Species:
P. protoptata
Binomial name
Prorella protoptata
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia protoptata McDunnough, 1938

Prorella protoptata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1938. It is found in the US in south-western Texas.

The wingspan is about 16 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to June.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Prorella protoptata (McDunnough 1938)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ "910465.00 – 7624 – Prorella protoptata – (McDunnough, 1938)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  3. ↑ McDunnough, James H. (1949). "Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 93: 533–728.


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