Acrapex albivena
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| Acrapex albivena Hampson, 1910
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Acrapex albivena [1] is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa, including South Africa.
The wingspan is about 35 mm.[2]
Description
Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some ochreous; tarsi with slight pale rings ; abdomen pale ochreous mixed with brown. Fore wing ochreous whitish suffused and irrorated with black-brown leaving whitish streaks on the veins; a whitish streak in discal fold from near base to near termen, then bent upwards to apex; a diffused rufous fascia above vein 1; a terminal series of slight black points; cilia whitish at base, blackish at tips. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown; the underside whitish irrorated with brown.[2]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Sir GEORGE F. HAMPSON, Bart. (1910) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum.
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