Phrygionis argentata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae.[1] It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Jamaica.
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| Illustration by Dru Drury | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Ennominae |
| Tribe: | Palyadini |
| Genus: | Phrygionis |
| Species: | P. argentata
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| Binomial name | |
| Phrygionis argentata (Drury, 1773)
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Description
editUpper 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 2. p. 27. pl. XIV.
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