Patissa pulverea

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Patissa pulverea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Patissa
Species:
P. pulverea
Binomial name
Patissa pulverea
(Hampson, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Donacaula pulvereaHampson, 1919

Patissa pulverea is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. [1] It is found in South Africa. [2]

The wingspan is about 24 mm for males and 26 mm for females. The forewings are white, irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous and with a black point at the lower angle of the cell. There is a curved fuscous line from the apex to the middle of the inner margin, as well as a terminal series of black points. There are traces of a line on the hindwings, from the apex to the tornus formed by slight fuscous irroration. There is also a terminal series of black points. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Patissa pulverea (Hampson, 1919)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 4 (23): 318 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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