Protophyta castanea is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1898. It is found in New South Wales, Australia.[2]

Protophyta castanea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Protophyta
Species:
P. castanea
Binomial name
Protophyta castanea
(Lower, 1898)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pseudoterpna castanea Lower, 1898

References

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  1. ^ Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Protophyta castanea​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.