Prorella desperata

Prorella desperata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Prorella
Species: P. desperata
Binomial name
Prorella desperata
(Hulst, 1896)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Gymnoscelis desperata Hulst, 1896

Prorella desperata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Arizona and Texas.

The wingspan is about 17–19 mm.[3] There is a strongly oblique, dark, antemedian band on the forewings, as well as a rectangular, preapical, costal patch and small blotches on the terminal area opposite the cell and above the tornus.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing in August and September.

References

  1. ↑ Taxapad
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Bug Guide
  4. ↑ Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia, James H. McDunnough, 1949


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