Pandala is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae described by Francis Walker in 1855. Its single species, Pandala dolosa, described by the same author in the same year,[1] is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

Pandala
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Pandala

Walker, 1855
Species:
P. dolosa
Binomial name
Pandala dolosa
Walker, 1855

Adults are brown, the wings with several darker brown, slightly oblique, zigzag bands.[3] Hindwings have four waved postmedial lines and a curved submarginal line.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Pandala​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Pandala Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  3. ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 4: 922
  4. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Vol. Moths - Vol. I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.