Acrapex brunnea
| Acrapex brunnea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acrapex |
| Species: | A. brunnea |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrapex brunnea Hampson, 1910 | |
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Acrapex brunnea is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family.[1] It is found in Africa, including Angola, Kenya and South Africa.
Description
Head and thorax dark brown slightly mixed with ochreous; thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; pectus and legs ochreous mixed with brown; abdomen ochreous suffused with brown. Fore wing ochreous, the costal area suffused with red-brown leaving slight pale streaks on the veins; a diffused brown streak along median nervure and thence to the subterminal oblique fascia, with two white points on it at lower angle of cell; a slight brown streak below base of cell; an oblique pale fascia from apex to discal fold with a diffused dark brown fascia below it from termen below apex to vein 3 with minute black streaks on it in the interspaces; a terminal series of slight black Iunules; cilia ochreous mixed with brown and with brown line near base. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; a fine brown terminal line; cilia w r hitish with a slight brown line near base; the underside whitish with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with reddish brown.[3]
References
- ↑ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
- ↑ Sir GEORGE F. HAMPSON, Bart. (1910) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum.
- ↑ Sir GEORGE F. HAMPSON, Bart. (1910) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum.