Palnissa

Palnissa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus:
Fibiger, 2008
Species:
P. spatula
Binomial name
Palnissa spatula
Fibiger, 2008

Palnissa is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Palnissa spatula, is known from the Palani Hills of south-central India. Both the genus and the species were first described by Michael Fibiger in 2008.

The wingspan is about 11 mm.

References

  • Fibiger, Michael (2008). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1867: 1–136. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1867.1.1.


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