Biology:Acylita distincta

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Short description: Species of moth

Acylita distincta
Acylita disticta.JPG
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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A. distincta
Binomial name
Acylita distincta
E. D. Jones, 1908
Synonyms
  • Boryodes disticta

Acylita distincta [1] is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by E. Dukinfield Jones in 1908. It is found in Brazil . Its wingspan is about 26 mm.[2]

Description

Head and thorax brownish ochreous; pectus and hindlegs whitish, fore and mid legs and hind tarsi at extremity fuscous brown; abdomen white tinged with ochreous and slightly irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. Forewing brownish ochreous sparsely irrorated with black; black points in middle of cell and on discocellulars; slight fuscous points above and below submedian fold just beyond middle; a faint, diffused oblique fuscous streak from apex to just beyond discoidal point and a diffused oblique subtertninal line from below apex to submedian fold; a terminal series of black points. Hindwing white suffused with ochreous except on inner area; cilia white; the underside white, the costal area suffused with ochreous and slightly irrorated with brown.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4678007 entry