Phiala aurivillii

Phiala aurivillii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 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]

References[edit]

^ 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.
^ Afromoths
^ Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1915. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)16 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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