Acrapex roseotincta

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

Acrapex roseotincta is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1910.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is about 22 mm.[2]

Description

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Head and thorax ochreous tinged with brown; abdomen ochreous white. Forewing pale ochreous yellow faintly tinged with rufous and the veins slightly streaked with rufous; a slight blackish streak below the basal half of the cell; some black scales at the lower angle of the 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. Hindwing white faintly tinged with ochreous; the underside white with the costal area tinged with ochreous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. [1]. CRC Press. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  2. ^ a b 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.

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