Patania aegrotalis
Checklist Number63.0381 [B&F: 1407]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Genus: | Patania |
| Species: | aegrotalis |
| Authority: | (Zeller, 1852) |
Occurrence in the British Isles unconfirmed. One example of this native of South Africa was taken near Bolton, Lancashire and exhibited at an Entomological Society meeting in London in March 1890. Wingspan 23-30 mm. No evidence of breeding in the UK.
