Biology:Phalacra acutipennis

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Short description: Species of hook-tip moth

Phalacra acutipennis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Phalacra
Species:
P. acutipennis
Binomial name
Phalacra acutipennis
Swinhoe, 1903

Phalacra acutipennis is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Swinhoe in 1903.[1] It is found in the Khasi Hills of India.[2]

The wings are greyish ochreous, with a pinkish tinge and irrorated (sprinkled) with minute brown dots. There is a black spot on the middle of the discoidal vein and another at its lower end on all the wings. The forewings have suffused brown basal, medial and marginal bands. The middle band running only a short distance from the hindmargin, leaving the upper disc and spaces between the bands pale. The hindwings are suffused with brown and have six short lines at the base.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14084728 entry