Patissa pulverea
| Patissa pulverea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Patissa |
| Species: | P. pulverea |
| Binomial name | |
| Patissa pulverea (Hampson, 1919) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Patissa pulverea is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1919.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]
The wingspan is about 24 mm for males and 26 mm. The forewings are white, irrorated 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]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Ann. Mag. Nat. hist. (9) 4 (23): 318
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