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Acrapex rhabdoneura

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Acrapex rhabdoneura
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A. rhabdoneura
Binomial name
Acrapex rhabdoneura
Hampson, 1910

Acrapex rhabdoneura [1] is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. 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. Fore wing pale ochreous slightly irrorated 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. Hind wing pure white; the underside with the costal area tinged 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.