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Hantsmoths
The Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies) of Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Patania aegrotalis
Checklist Number
63.0381 [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)
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Introduction
One example of this presumed adventive (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.
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