Phiala similis

Phiala similis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Phiala
Species:
P. similis
Binomial name
Phiala similis

Phiala similis is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1911.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]

The wingspan is 47 mm. Adults are white, the wings beyond the middle with a common series of more or less connected black spots on the veins, but otherwise nearly destitute of black scales.[3]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Phiala similis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Phiala similis Aurivillius, 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  3. ^ Aurivillius, C. 1911a. New genera and species of African Striphnopterygidae and Lasiocampidae in the British Museum. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1911(1):161–167 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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