Phatnotis legata

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Phatnotis legata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Phatnotis
Species:
P. legata
Binomial name
Phatnotis legata
Meyrick, 1913

Phatnotis legata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in southern India. [1]

The wingspan is 21–23 mm. The forewings are fuscous, with a faint purplish tinge and with the costa slenderly ochreous yellowish, the edge dark fuscous towards the base. There are small fuscous spots on the costa at two-fifths and four-fifths and a whitish-ochreous irregular nearly straight line crossing the wing from immediately beyond the second costal spot to close before the tornus, terminal area beyond this paler and more or less suffused with whitish ochreous, except the terminal line. The hindwings are pale fuscous suffused with whitish ochreous anteriorly. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 8, 2013). "Phatnotis legata Meyrick, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 181. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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