Phiala aurivillii explained

Phiala aurivillii is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1915. It is found in Zambia.[1]

The wingspan is 58 mm. The forewings are greyish white, with a broad stripe of black scales filling the cell and beyond it. There is an oblique curved stripe of similar scales in the postmedian area and a trace of a subterminal one much interrupted. The hindwings are greyish white, with a slight patch of thin grey scales in the cellular area and a trace of a scaled greyish postmedial stripe.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/PHIAAURI Afromoths
  2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/71991#page/211/mode/1up Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1915. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)16