Phiala aurivillii

Phiala aurivillii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Phiala
Species: P. aurivillii
Binomial name
Phiala aurivillii
(Bethune-Baker, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Stybolepis aurivillii Bethune-Baker, 1915

Phiala aurivillii is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Bethune-Baker in 1915.[1] It is found in Zambia.[2]

The wingspan is 58 mm. The forewings are greyish wiiite, with a broad stripe of black scales filling the cell and beyond it. There is an oblique curved stripe of similar scales in the postmedian area and a trace of a subterminal one much interrupted. The hindwings are greyish white, with a slight patch of thin grey scales in the cellular area and a trace of a scaled greyish postmedial stripe.[3]

References

  1. ↑ LepIndex
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1915. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)16
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