Pityeja
Sign in to savePityeja is a Neotropical moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1861.
Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyGeometridae
Observations731
Groupinsecta
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Pityeja is a Neotropical moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1861.
Pityeja have relatively conspicuous wing patterns, which probably led to overestimation of their species richness in the past.