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Petula phalarata

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Petula phalarata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Subfamily: Erechthiinae
Genus: Petula
Clarke, 1971
Species:
P. phalarata
Binomial name
Petula phalarata
Clarke, 1971

Petula phalarata is a species of moths belonging to the family Tineidae, that was described from Rapa Iti. It is currently the only species in the genus Petula.

The wingspan is 9–16 millimetres (0.35–0.63 in). The forewing ground color is fuscous black, on the middle of the dorsum with a cream buff spot (in females, the spot is suffused, larger, and not as sharply defined as in males), sometimes extended as a narrow cream buff line on the dorsal edge. At the end of the cell is an ill-defined black spot. The hindwings are grey, paler basally, with a brassy hue.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Gates-Clarke, 1971. Lepidoptera of Rapa island.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.