Prophantis octoguttalis

Prophantis octoguttalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. The species was described by Baron Cajetan von Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found on the Maluku Islands in Indonesia.

Prophantis octoguttalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Prophantis
Species:	P. octoguttalis
Binomial name
Prophantis octoguttalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms
Botys octoguttalis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 Cotachena octoguttalis Botys coffealis Bordage, 1897 Botys stenopalis Mabille, 1880

Identifications from Comoros, Madagascar and South Africa are possibly misidentifications that could be attributed to Prophantis smaragdina.^[1]