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Acrapex rhabdoneura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acrapex
Species:
A. rhabdoneura
Binomial name
Acrapex rhabdoneura
Hampson, 1910

Acrapex rhabdoneura is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1910. [1] It is found in Africa, including Kenya.

The wingspan is 22–26 mm. [2]

Description

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous slightly tinged with rufous; palpi dark brown. Forewing pale ochreous slightly irrorated (sprinkled) with brown; the costal edge and interspaces of costal area suffused with reddish brown; a diffused red-brown fascia in and below cell to near termen where it meets an oblique brown fascia from termen below apex to vein 2 with a pale oblique fascia before it from apex; a white streak on extremity of median nervure slightly hooked on discocellulars; the veins beyond the cell streaked with white to the subterminal fascia; a fine red-brown terminal line; cilia brown mixed with ochreous. Hindwing pure white; the underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous. [2]

References

  1. ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived 2009-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN  0-916846-45-8, ISBN  978-0-916846-45-9
  2. ^ a b Hampson, George F. (1910). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acrapex rhabdoneura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acrapex
Species:
A. rhabdoneura
Binomial name
Acrapex rhabdoneura
Hampson, 1910

Acrapex rhabdoneura is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1910. [1] It is found in Africa, including Kenya.

The wingspan is 22–26 mm. [2]

Description

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous slightly tinged with rufous; palpi dark brown. Forewing pale ochreous slightly irrorated (sprinkled) with brown; the costal edge and interspaces of costal area suffused with reddish brown; a diffused red-brown fascia in and below cell to near termen where it meets an oblique brown fascia from termen below apex to vein 2 with a pale oblique fascia before it from apex; a white streak on extremity of median nervure slightly hooked on discocellulars; the veins beyond the cell streaked with white to the subterminal fascia; a fine red-brown terminal line; cilia brown mixed with ochreous. Hindwing pure white; the underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous. [2]

References

  1. ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived 2009-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN  0-916846-45-8, ISBN  978-0-916846-45-9
  2. ^ a b Hampson, George F. (1910). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.



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