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Phiala similis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Phiala
Species:	P. similis
Binomial name
Phiala similis Aurivillius, 1911

Phiala similis is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1911. It is found in South Africa.

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.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Phiala similis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Phiala similis Aurivillius, 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
3. 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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