Phiala pulverea

Phiala pulverea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Phiala
Species: P. pulverea
Binomial name
Phiala pulverea
Distant, 1903

Phiala pulverea is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Distant in 1903.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]

The wingspan is 37-38 mm. The wings are silvery-white, thickly covered with minute blackish speckles, except on the discoidal cell of the forewings, where they are only present at the apex. The underside of the wings is very pale ochraceous, speckled with blackish as above.[3]

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