''Prophantis octoguttalis'' is a species of
moth of the family
Crambidae. The species was described by
Baron Cajetan von Felder
Baron Cajetan von Felder (german: link=no, Cajetan Freiherr von Felder; 19 September 1814 – 30 November 1894) was an Austrian lawyer, entomologist and liberal politician. He served as mayor of Vienna from 1868 to 1878.
Life and career
Felder ...
,
Rudolf Felder and
Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found on the
Maluku Islands in
Indonesia.
Identifications from
Comoros
The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. It ...
,
Madagascar and
South Africa are possibly misidentifications that could be attributed to ''
Prophantis smaragdina''.
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
Moths described in 1875
Spilomelinae
Moths of Madagascar
Moths of the Comoros
Moths of Africa
Moths of Indonesia
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