Phiala aurivillii

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Phiala aurivillii
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P. aurivillii
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Phiala aurivillii
Synonyms
  • Stybolepis aurivilliiBethune-Baker, 1915

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

The wingspan is 58 mm. The forewings are greyish white, 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]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phiala aurivillii". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. Afromoths
  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