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Phiala nigrolineata
Phiala nigrolineata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Phiala
Species:	P. nigrolineata
Binomial name
Phiala nigrolineata Aurivillius, 1903
Synonyms
Phiala chrysargyra Wichgraf, 1914 Phiala nigrovenata Bethune-Baker, 1911 Phiala ochrescens Gaede, 1927 Phiala rubrivena Hampson, 1910

Phiala nigrolineata is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1903. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Togo, Uganda and Zambia.

The wingspan is 62 mm. The wings are pale cream colour, with all the veins outlined strongly with black, but on the hindwings, the black lines are much finer and do not extend backwards into the median area. The fringes in both wings are yellowish.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Phiala nigrolineata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Phiala nigrolineata Aurivillius, 1903". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
3. Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1911a. Descriptions of new African Heterocera. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)7: p. 554 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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