Patissa xanthoperas

Patissa xanthoperas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Patissa
Species: P. xanthoperas
Binomial name
Patissa xanthoperas
(Hampson, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Scirpophaga xanthoperas Hampson, 1896
  • Patissa melanostigma Strand, 1910

Patissa xanthoperas is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1896. It is found on Sumatra.[1]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are pure white with a black spot at the upper angle of the cell, as well as an orange-yellow apex.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895: 913