Protitame virginalis (Hulst, 1900) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Protitame virginalis (Hulst, 1900)

Protitame virginalis (Hulst, 1900)

Protitame virginalis, the virgin moth, is a Geometridae moth found in North America first described in 1900.

Family
Genus
Protitame
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Protitame virginalis (Hulst, 1900)

Protitame virginalis, commonly called the virgin moth, is a moth species that belongs to the family Geometridae. George Duryea Hulst first described this species in 1900. It can be found in North America. The MONA, also known as Hodges, number assigned to Protitame virginalis is 6270.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Geometridae › Protitame

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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