Phigalia titea

Phigalia titea, the spiny looper or half-wing moth, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae.^[1][2] The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780 (some sources give 1782).^[3] The average wingspan is about 34 mm.

Caterpillar

Phigalia titea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Phigalia
Species:	P. titea
Binomial name
Phigalia titea (Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
Deileptenia titearia Hübner, [1825] Phigalia cinctaria French, 1878 Phigalia deplorans Franclemont, 1938 Phigalia olivacearia mephistarua Reiff, 1913 Phigalia revocata Walker, [1863] Apocheima titea (Cramer, 1780)