Ptychotheca

{{Short description|Genus of moths}}

{{Taxobox

| image =

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Lepidoptera

| familia = Geometridae

| subfamilia = Larentiinae

| tribus = Eupitheciini

| genus = Ptychotheca

| genus_authority = Warren, 1906

| species = P. pallidivirens

| binomial = Ptychotheca pallidivirens

| binomial_authority = (Warren, 1903)

| synonyms =

• Chloroclystis pallidivirens Warren, 1903
• Chloroclystis pullivirens Prout, 1935

}}

Ptychotheca is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae.{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82847231 |title=Ptychotheca Warren 1906 |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063130/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82847231 |archive-date=March 4, 2016}} Its only species, Ptychotheca pallidivirens, is found in New Guinea.{{cite web |last=Holloway |first=Jeremy Daniel |url=http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/eupitheciini/eupitheciini_11.php |title=Chloroclystis Hübner |website=The Moths of Borneo |accessdate=May 5, 2019}} Both the genus and species were first described by William Warren, the genus in 1906 and the species in 1903.{{LepIndex |id=218157 |accessdate=May 5, 2019}}{{LepIndex |id=218410 |name=Ptychotheca pallidivirens |accessdate=May 5, 2019}}