Phiala aurivillii

Phiala aurivillii is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1915.[1] It is found in Zambia.[2]

Phiala aurivillii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eupterotidae
Genus:
Phiala
Species:
P. aurivillii
Binomial name
Phiala aurivillii
Synonyms
  • Stybolepis aurivillii Bethune-Baker, 1915

The wingspan is 58 mm. The forewings are greyish wiiite, with a broad stripe of black scales filling the cell and beyond it. There is an oblique curved stripe of similar scales in the postmedian area and a trace of a subterminal one much interrupted. The hindwings are greyish white, with a slight patch of thin grey scales in the cellular area and a trace of a scaled greyish postmedial stripe.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phiala aurivillii". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. Afromoths
  3. Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1915. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)16


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