Acylita monosticta

Acylita monosticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acylita
Species: A. monosticta
Binomial name
Acylita monosticta
D. Jones, 1908
Synonyms
  • Boryodes monosticta

Acylita monosticta [1] is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Brazil. Its wingspan is about 24 mm.[2]

Description

Head and thorax brownish ochreous; pectus white; legs brownish ochreous; abdomen white tinged with ochreous and slightly irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing brownish ochreous faintly tinged with red and very slightly irrorated with brown; a black discoidal point; traces of an oblique diffused red fascia from apex to discocellulars. Hind wing white suffused with ochreous; the underside white, the costal area suffused with ochreous.[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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