Acrapex roseotincta

Acrapex roseotincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acrapex
Species: A. roseotincta
Binomial name
Acrapex roseotincta
Hampson, 1910

Acrapex roseotincta [1] is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Ceylon.

The wingspan is about 22 mm. [2]

Description

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with brown; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pale oehreous yellow faintly tinged with rufous and the veins slightly streaked with rufous; a slight blackish streak below basal half of cell ; some black scales at lower angle of cell; an oblique postmedial series of black points on veins 6 to 1; an oblique diffused rufous fascia from termen below apex to vein 3; a slight brown terminal line; cilia yellowish white with a faint brownish line through them. Hind wing white faintly tinged with ochreous; the underside white with the costal area tinged with ochreous. [3]

References

  1. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
  2. Sir GEORGE F. HAMPSON, Bart. (1910) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum.
  3. Sir GEORGE F. HAMPSON, Bart. (1910) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum.
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