Acrapex roseotincta
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Acrapex roseotincta Hampson, 1910
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Acrapex roseotincta is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1910.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.
The wingspan is about 22 mm.[2]
Description
Head and thorax ochreous tinged with brown; abdomen ochreous white. Forewing pale ochreous yellow faintly tinged with rufous and the veins slightly streaked with rufous; a slight blackish streak below the basal half of the cell; some black scales at the lower angle of the cell; an oblique postmedial series of black points on veins 6 to 1; an oblique diffused rufous fascia from termen below apex to vein 3; a slight brown terminal line; cilia yellowish white with a faint brownish line through them. Hindwing white faintly tinged with ochreous; the underside white with the costal area tinged with ochreous.[2]
References
- ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
- ^ a b Hampson, George F. (1910). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.