''Pitthea cunaxa '' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

."Mr. H Druce on New Species of Lepidoptera from Tropical Africa"
(1887) ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society''.

References

Ennominae Fauna of the Republic of the Congo Moths of Africa Moths described in 1887 {{Ennominae-stub