Acylita dukinfieldi

Acylita dukinfieldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acylita
Species: A. dukinfieldi
Binomial name
Acylita dukinfieldi
Schaus, 1894
Synonyms
  • Acylita ducinfieldi
  • Boryodes dukinfieldi

Acylita dukinfieldi [1] is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Brazil. Its wingspan is about 30 mm.[2]

Description

Head and thorax ochreous suffused with red-brown; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing bright pink; the costal edge ochreous; a slight white streak on median nervure and bases of veins arising from it. Hind wing white very faintly tinged with brown.[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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