Phiala abyssinica

Phiala abyssinica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Phiala
Species:	P. abyssinica
Binomial name
Phiala abyssinica Aurivillius, 1904

Phiala abyssinica is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Aurivillius in 1904.^[1] It is found in Ethiopia.^[2]

The wingspan is 48 mm. The wings are greyish-white, densely irrorated with large black scales, except at costa of the forewings and at the base of the hindwings. The veins are also nearly destitute of black scales and the black scales on the forewings condensed to a broad curved stripe from near the apex to the middle of the hindmargin. The black spots on the veins of the hindwings are more or less indicated.^[3]

References

1. LepIndex
2. Afro Moths
3. Aurivillius, C. 1904c. New species of African Striphnopterygidae, Notodontidae and Chrysopolomidae in the British Museum. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1904(4): 696–697