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Pityeja
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Pityeja

Pityeja is a Neotropical moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1861.

Pityeja have relatively conspicuous wing patterns, which probably led to overestimation of their species richness in the past.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pityeja histrionaria

speciesPityeja histrionaria

Pityeja nazada

speciesPityeja nazada

Pityeja radisola

speciesPityeja radisola

Pityeja plusia

speciesPityeja plusia

Pityeja carbonacea

speciesPityeja carbonacea

Pityeja bellaria

speciesPityeja bellaria

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 346908.