Patissa pulverea

Patissa pulverea is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]

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
  • Donacaula pulverea Hampson, 1919

The wingspan is about 24 mm for males and 26 mm for females. The forewings are white, irrorated (sprinkled) 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
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Patissa pulverea (Hampson, 1919)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 4 (23): 318


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