Phiala novemlineata

Phiala novemlineata is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1911.[1] It is found in Uganda.[2]

Phiala novemlineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eupterotidae
Genus:
Phiala
Species:
P. novemlineata
Binomial name
Phiala novemlineata
(Aurivillius, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Stibolepis novemlineata Aurivillius, 1911

The wingspan is 53 mm. Adults are very pale ochreous yellow or yellowish white, the forewings with four erect slightly waved black transverse lines at the base, and with five such lines in the apical half, of which the first touches the hind angle of the cell, and the last is larger, slightly oblique and reaches the costa just before the apex. The hindwings have a gently curved subterminal black line, which also is slightly indicated in the forewings.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phiala novemlineata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Phiala novemlineata Aurivillius, 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  3. Aurivillius, C. 1911a. New genera and species of African Striphnopterygidae and Lasiocampidae in the British Museum. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1911(1):161–167


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