Acylita sanguifusa

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

Acylita sanguifusa [1] is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Brazil. Its wingspan is about 26 mm.[2]

Description

Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous; pectus whitish; legs brown; abdomen white slightly irrorated with brown. Fore wing whitish suffused with bright pink; a deep pink fascia in cell and thence obliquely to apex; the inner area deep pink; the terminal area with deep pink streaks in the interspaces. Hind wing white, the terminal area faintly irrorated with ochreous; the underside with 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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