Pogonopygia nigralbata

Pogonopygia nigralbata
Malaya, Fraser's Hill
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Boarmiini
Genus: Pogonopygia
Species: P. nigralbata
Binomial name
Pogonopygia nigralbata
Warren, 1894
Synonyms
  • Dilophodes conspicuaria Leech, 1915

Pogonopygia nigralbata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Japan, the north-eastern Himalaya, northern Vietnam and Luzon.

The wingspan is 46–53 mm.

The larvae feed on Illicium species in Japan.

Subspecies


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