Prophantis octoguttalis

Prophantis octoguttalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Prophantis
Species:	P. octoguttalis
Binomial name
	Prophantis octoguttalis; (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms
	Botys octoguttalis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875; Cotachena octoguttalis; Botys coffealis Bordage, 1897; Botys stenopalis Mabille, 1880;

Prophantis octoguttalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. The species was described by Baron Cajetan von Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found on the Maluku Islands in Indonesia.

Identifications from Comoros, Madagascar and South Africa are possibly misidentifications that could be attributed to Prophantis smaragdina.[1]

References

Felder, Felder & Rogenhofer, 1864–1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera. - — 2:1–20, pls. 1–140

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Prophantis octoguttalis sensu auct. nec (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)". Afromoths. Retrieved June 19, 2018.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.