Biology:Phiala similis
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Short description: Species of moth
| Phiala similis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eupterotidae |
| Genus: | Phiala |
| Species: | P. similis
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| Binomial name | |
| Phiala similis Aurivillius, 1911
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Phiala similis is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1911.[1] It is found in South Africa .[2]
The wingspan is 47 mm. Adults are white, the wings beyond the middle with a common series of more or less connected black spots on the veins, but otherwise nearly destitute of black scales.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Phiala similis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=58311.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Phiala similis Aurivillius, 1911". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/PHIASIMI. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ↑ Aurivillius, C. 1911a. New genera and species of African Striphnopterygidae and Lasiocampidae in the British Museum. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1911(1):161–167
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Wikidata ☰ Q13477414 entry
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