Phiala venusta

Phiala venusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Phiala
Species: P. venusta
Binomial name
Phiala venusta
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Dasychira venusta Walker, 1865
  • Phiala angulata Gaede, 1927

Phiala venusta is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Walker in 1865.[1] It is found in Sierra Leone.[2]

The wings are silvery white, with an exterior oblique line of black points. These are sometimes connected and the line is always entire towards the interior border of the forewings.[3]

References

  1. ↑ LepIndex
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Walker, F. 1865b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII.– Supplement Part 2: p. 360
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