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Patissa tinctalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Patissa

Patissa tinctalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1919. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are white tinged with fulvous brown and with a double fulvous brownsubterminal line. The hindwings are white with a very slight fulvous brown tinge.

References

Patissa tinctalis Wikipedia