Phyllalia flavicostata
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Phyllalia flavicostata is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by James Farish Malcolm Fawcett in 1903.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]
The wings are a pale cream colour, with a fulvous fascia on the costa, clothed with thick fulvous hairs, broad at the base, narrowing to a point at the apex. There is a thin marginal fulvous line.
The larvae feed on Ehrharta calycina. They have a velvety black body, with subdorsal, lateral, and spiracular greyish-white tubercles, bearing tufts of thick fulvous hairs of moderate length with a few longer hairs among them. The head is red.[3]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Phyllalia flavicostata Fawcett, 1903". Afromoths. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ Fawcett, J. M. (1903). "Notes on the Transformations of some South-African Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 17(2): 173–174.
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