Acrapex metaphaea
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acrapex |
| Species: | A. metaphaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Acrapex metaphaea Hampson, 1910
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Acrapex metaphaea is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1910.[1] It is found in Africa, including Zimbabwe and South Africa.
The wingspan is about 26 mm.[2]
Description
[edit | edit source]Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and mixed with some black brown; palpi dark brown; abdomen dorsally dark brown, ventrally ochreous tinged with rufous. Forewing rufous, the costal area, median nervure and veins arising from it, and inner margin suffused with dark brown, slight white points in and beyond lower angle of cell; traces of a subterminal series of black points, a slight oblique dark shade from termen below apex; a terminal series of black points. Hindwing dark reddish brown, the cilia with fine pale line at base; the underside greyish suffused and sprinkled with fuscous.[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae . CRC Press. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Hampson, George F. (1910). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.
- ^ Hampson, George F. (1910). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
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