Patissa tinctalis

Patissa tinctalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Patissa
Species: P. tinctalis
Binomial name
Patissa tinctalis
(Hampson, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Brihaspa tinctalis Hampson, 1919
  • Donacaula catoxodes Turner, 1911

Patissa tinctalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1919. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are white tinged with fulvous brown and with a double fulvous brownsubterminal line. The hindwings are white with a very slight fulvous brown tinge.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ↑ Ann. Mag. Nat. hist. (9) 4 (23): 318


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