Arsissa atlantica

Arsissa atlantica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Arsissa
Species:	A. atlantica
Binomial name
	Arsissa atlantica; Asselbergs, 2009[1]

Arsissa atlantica is a species of snout moth in the genus Arsissa. It was described by Jan Asselbergs in 2009 and is known from the Canary Islands.^[1]

The wingspan is 23.5 mm for males and 20.5 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is brownish grey mixed with grey scales. The hindwings are whitish.^[2]

References

1 2 "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
↑ New Data for Pyraloidea from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain) Including a Species New to Science (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) Archived 2012-09-25 at the Wayback Machine.

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[Pyraloidea_db-1] 1 2 "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.

[2] New Data for Pyraloidea from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain) Including a Species New to Science (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) Archived 2012-09-25 at the Wayback Machine.