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Phiala costipuncta

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Phiala costipuncta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Phiala
Species:
P. costipuncta
Binomial name
Phiala costipuncta
Synonyms
  • Heteromorpha costipuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
  • Phiala angola Strand, 1911
  • Stibolepis atomaria Holland, 1892
  • Dasychira atomaria Walker, 1855
  • Phiala inferior Strand, 1911
  • Phiala costipuncta ab. ochritincta Strand, 1911
  • Dasychira punctilinea Walker, 1862
  • Phiala xanthosoma Wallengren, 1860

Phiala costipuncta is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855.[1] It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, the Gambia and Zambia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Phiala costipuncta​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Phiala costipuncta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 2, 2018.