''Megasis philippella'' is a species of

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family (biology), family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian Taxonomic rank, superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Cramb ...

in the genus ''

Megasis ''Megasis'' is a genus of snout moths described by Achille Guenée in 1845. Species * '' Megasis alpherakii'' Ragonot, 1887 * ''Megasis hyrcanella'' Ragonot, 1893 * '' Megasis lesurella'' D. Lucas, 1932 * '' Megasis noctileucella'' Ragonot, 1887 ...

''. It was described by

Pierre Viette Pierre E. L. Viette (29 June 1921 – 30 April 2011) was a French entomologist. He attended university in Dijon during the German occupation of France in World War II, then spent his entire career at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in P ...

in 1970, and is known from northern

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. Its wingspan is around 32–34 mm, length of the forewings is 17.5-18.5 mm. The forewings are dark grey with black spots, grey and brown zones. Rear wings are grey black. The

holotype A holotype (Latin: ''holotypus'') is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of s ...

was collected by P. Soga in Andilambe. * Mémoires Orstom, no 37, 1970. Deux Nouvelles Pyrales Inédites Récoltées Dans Le Massif Du Tsaratanana
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