Aphilopota phanerostigma is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1917. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia.
In Ethiopia the larvae of this species has been recorded as feeding on leaves of Catha edulis (Celastraceae). van der Vossen, H.A.M., 2002. Catha edulis (Vahl) Forssk. ex Endl. [Internet] Fiche de PROTA4U. Oyen, L.P.A. & Lemmens, R.H.M.J. (Editeurs). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale)
Subspecies Aphilopota phanerostigma phanerostigma Prout, 1917 (South Africa) Aphilopota phanerostigma mweruana Prout, 1954 (Congo)
References Prout, L. B. (1917). "New Geometridae (Lepidoptera) in the South African Museum". Annals of the South African Museum. 17(1): 47–77.
External links www.biodiversitylibrary.org Annals of the South African Museum, V.19, Plate XVI, fig. 66