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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Patissa |
| Species: | P. tinctalis
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| 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]
References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 4 (23): 318
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