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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