Phiala polita

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Phiala polita
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Phiala
Species:
P. polita
Binomial name
Phiala polita
Distant, 1897

Phiala polita is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1897. [1] It is found in Mpumalanga, South Africa. [2]

The wingspan is 40 mm. The wings are pale bright ochraceous, the forewings speckled with black obliquely beneath the cell, near the centre of the inner margin and near posterior the half of the outer margin. The hindwings have two or three speckles near the outer margin. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Phiala polita Distant, 1897". Afromoths. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ Distant, W. L. (1897). "On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (6) 20: p. 206. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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