Acylita elongata
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Acylita elongata Schaus, 1906
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Acylita elongata [1] is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Brazil. Its wingspan is about 34 mm.[2]
Description
Head and thorax white suffused with brown; palpi pale yellow tinged with red at sides; pectus and legs ochreous tinged with brown; abdomen ochreous slightly irrorated with brown. Fore wing white suffused with pink especially on inner and terminal areas and slightly irrorated with brown; the costal edge white; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with white; a faint brown fascia from base through the cell and thence obliquely to termen just below apex; a dark point in middle of cell; a terminal series of minute dark points. Hind wing white very faintly tinged with brown; the underside with the costa faintly tinged with pink and slightly irrorated with brown.[3]
References
- ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
- ^ Sir GEORGE F. HAMPSON, Bart. (1910) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum.
- ^ Sir GEORGE F. HAMPSON, Bart. (1910) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum.