Aphilopota phanerostigma Prout 1917

Aphilopota phanerostigma is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1917. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Zimbabwe^[1] and Ethiopia.

In Ethiopia the larvae of this species has been recorded as feeding on leaves of Catha edulis (Celastraceae).^[2]

Subspecies

• Aphilopota phanerostigma phanerostigma Prout, 1917 (South Africa)
• Aphilopota phanerostigma mweruana Prout, 1954 (Congo)

References

• Prout, L. B. (1917). "New Geometridae (Lepidoptera) in the South African Museum". Annals of the South African Museum. 17(1): 47–77.