Palnissa

Palnissa is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Palnissa spatula, is known from the Palani Hills of south-central India. Both the genus and the species were first described by Michael Fibiger in 2008.

Palnissa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Palnissa
Fibiger, 2008
Species:
P. spatula
Binomial name
Palnissa spatula
Fibiger, 2008

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewing is long, pointed and grey and brownish. The crosslines are broad and black at the costa. The terminal line is marked by black interveinal dots. The hindwing is light greyish with an indistinct discal spot. The fringes are whitish. The underside is beige, although the underside of the hindwing is whitish with an indistinct discal spot.

References

    • Fibiger, Michael (2008). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1867: 1–136.


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