Phaiogramma stibolepida
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Phaiogramma |
| Species: | P. stibolepida
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| Phaiogramma stibolepida (Butler, 1879)
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Phaiogramma stibolepida is a species of moth of the family Geometridae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879. It is found in eastern and southern Africa and on Madagascar.[1]
The larvae feed on Malvaceae species[2] and their wingspan is around 20 mm.
The original description of Butler of this species is:
Comibaena stibolepida, n.sp.
Wings snow-white, densely mottled with dull bluish-green; a slightly arched testaceous stripe across the basal area, and an undulated discal stripe of the same colour; body whitish testaceous; wings below white, primaries with testaceous costal border; body white, legs red-brown above. Expanse of wings: 11 lines
Allied to C. pieridoides[3]
References
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- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Phaiogramma stibolepida (Butler, 1879)". Afromoths. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ^ uni-bayreuth.de Archived 2006-10-14 at the Wayback Machine - Diversität von Geometriden (Lepidoptera) und Gefäßpflanzen entlang von Habitatgradienten am Südwest- Kilimanjaro from J. Axmacher
- ^ Butler, A. G. (1879). "On a collection of Lepidoptera from Madagascar". Cistula Entomologica 2: 389–394.