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Acantholipes juba

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Acantholipes juba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Acantholipes
Species:
A. juba
Binomial name
Acantholipes juba
Swinhoe, 1902
Synonyms
  • Melioptis juba Swinhoe, 1902

Acantholipes juba is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and the Northern Territory.[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The wings are blotchy brown, with a pale-edged submarginal line on the forewings.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Orr, A. G., & Kitching, R. L. (1999). A checklist of Macrolepidoptera collected from rainforest and former forest areas on basalt soils on the Atherton Tableland. Australian Entomologist, The, 26(1), 15.
  2. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (2 October 2011). "Acantholipes juba (Swinhoe, 1902)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 13 February 2019.