Patissa tinctalis
Species of moth
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Patissa tinctalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]
| Patissa tinctalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Patissa |
| Species: | P. tinctalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Patissa tinctalis (Hampson, 1919) | |
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The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are white tinged with fulvous brown and with a double fulvous-brown subterminal line. The hindwings are white with a very slight fulvous brown tinge.[2]
