Patissa fractilinealis

Patissa fractilinealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Patissa
Species: P. fractilinealis
Binomial name
Patissa fractilinealis
Hampson, 1919

Patissa fractilinealis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1919.[1] It is found in Kenya and Uganda.[2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are white irrorated 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

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Ann. Mag. Nat. hist. (9) 4 (23): 318


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