Patissa fractilinealis
Appearance
Patissa fractilinealis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Patissa |
Species: | P. fractilinealis
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Binomial name | |
Patissa fractilinealis Hampson, 1919
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Patissa fractilinealis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919.[1] It is found in Kenya and Uganda.[2]
The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are white irrorated (sprinkled) with chocolate brown. The costal edge is chocolate brown on the basal half, a small chocolate-brown spot at the upper angle of the cell and a chocolate-brown line from the costa to the inner margin. The hindwings are white, irrorated with some chocolate-brown scales on the terminal half.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Patissa fractilinealis Hampson, 1919". Afromoths. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
- ^ Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 4 (23): 318 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.