Phiala odites

Phiala odites
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Phiala
Species: P. odites
Binomial name
Phiala odites
(Schaus, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Stibolepis odites Schaus, 1893

Phiala odites is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1893.[1] It is found in Sierra Leone.[2]

The wingspan is 48 mm. The wings are snowy white, the outer portion of the veins on the forewings finely outlined with brown. The veins of the hindwings are yellowish.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phiala odites". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Distant, W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)20: 205–206


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