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)

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.