Biology:Petula (moth)
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Short description: Genus of moths
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Genus: | Petula J.F.G.Clarke, 1971
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Species: | P. phalarata
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Petula phalarata J.F.G.Clarke, 1971
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Petula phalarata J.F.G.Clarke, 1971
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Petula is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. There is presently only one species in this genus: Petula phalarata, that was described from Rapa Iti.
The wingspan is 9–16 mm. The forewing ground color is fuscous black, on the middle of the dorsum with a cream buff spot (in females, the spot is suffused, larger, and not as sharply defined as in males), sometimes extended as a narrow cream buff line on the dorsal edge. At the end of the cell is an ill-defined black spot. The hindwings are grey, paler basally, with a brassy hue.[1]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q18521695 entry
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