Phiala hologramma

Phiala hologramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Phiala
Species:	P. hologramma
Binomial name
	Phiala hologramma; (Aurivillius, 1904)
Synonyms
	Stibolepis hologramma Aurivillius, 1904;

Phiala hologramma is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Aurivillius in 1904.^[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Katanga) and Zimbabwe.^[2]

The wingspan is 55 mm. Adults are greyish-white, the wings dusted with black scales and adorned with eight distinct waved transverse nearly erect lines, four before the middle, two nearly in the middle and two in the marginal area, the latter more irregular and deeply incurved at vein five. The hindwings are nearly without black scales from the base to the middle, between the middle and the external margin with five transverse waved lines and sparingly dusted with black scales.^[3]

References

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[1] LepIndex

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Aurivillius, C. 1904c. New species of African Striphnopterygidae, Notodontidae and Chrysopolomidae in the British Museum. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1904(4): 696–697

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