Ptychotheca

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]

Ptychotheca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Eupitheciini
Genus:	Ptychotheca Warren, 1906
Species:	P. pallidivirens
Binomial name
Ptychotheca pallidivirens (Warren, 1903)
Synonyms
Chloroclystis pallidivirens Warren, 1903 Chloroclystis pullivirens Prout, 1935