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Phaiogramma stibolepida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Phaiogramma
Species:	P. stibolepida
Binomial name
Phaiogramma stibolepida (Butler, 1879)
Synonyms
Comibaena stibolepida Butler, 1879 Nemoria pallidularia Mabille, 1880

Phaiogramma stibolepida is a species of moth of the family Geometridae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879. It is found in eastern and southern Africa and on Madagascar.

The larvae feed on Malvaceae species and their wingspan is around 20 mm.

The original description of Butler of this species is:

Comibaena stibolepida, n.sp.

Wings snow-white, densely mottled with dull bluish-green; a slightly arched testaceous stripe across the basal area, and an undulated discal stripe of the same colour; body whitish testaceous; wings below white, primaries with testaceous costal border; body white, legs red-brown above. Expanse of wings: 11 lines

Allied to C. pieridoides

References

1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Phaiogramma stibolepida (Butler, 1879)". Afromoths. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
2. uni-bayreuth.de Archived 2006-10-14 at the Wayback Machine - Diversität von Geometriden (Lepidoptera) und Gefäßpflanzen entlang von Habitatgradienten am Südwest- Kilimanjaro from J. Axmacher
3. Butler, A. G. (1879). "On a collection of Lepidoptera from Madagascar". Cistula Entomologica 2: 389–394.

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