Ptychotheca is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae.[1] Its only species, Ptychotheca pallidivirens, is found in New Guinea.[2] Both the genus and species were first described by William Warren, the genus in 1906 and the species in 1903.[3][4]
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| Genus: | Ptychotheca Warren, 1906
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| Species: | P. pallidivirens
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ptychotheca Warren 1906". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
- ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Chloroclystis Hübner". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ptychotheca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ptychotheca pallidivirens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 5, 2019.