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Bytharia

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Bytharia
Bytharia uniformis in Mount Trusmadi, Borneo, lowland mixed dipterocarp forest
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Cosymbiini
Genus: Bytharia
Walker, 1865
Type species
Bytharia marginata
Walker, 1864
Synonyms
  • Longipalpa Pagenstecher, 1900
  • Silvaspica Schultze, 1925

Bytharia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1865. The species which are relatively large for subfamily Sterrhinae and are characterized by pale yellow wings with uniform gray margins and, on the forewing, gray along the costa.[1]

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References

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  1. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Bytharia Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved May 26, 2019.