Prorella protoptata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1938. It is found in the US in south-western Texas.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Prorella |
| Species: | P. protoptata
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The wingspan is about 16 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to June.[3]
References
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Prorella protoptata (McDunnough 1938)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
- ^ "910465.00 – 7624 – Prorella protoptata – (McDunnough, 1938)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
- ^ McDunnough, James H. (1949). "Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 93: 533–728.