Biology:Acrapex spoliata
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| Species: | A. spoliata
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| Acrapex spoliata (Walker, 1863)
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Acrapex spoliata is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.[1] It is found in Africa, including Sierra Leone and South Africa .
Description
Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and mixed with some dark brown: palpi with the 2nd joint brown at sides; abdomen dorsally dark brown, ventrally ochreous tinged with rufous. Forewing ochreous tinged with rufous, the costal area suffused with dark brown leaving slight pale streaks on the veins; the median nervure and base of veins arising from it streaked with black-brown; a black-brown streak in and beyond lower angle of cell with white points on it before and beyond the angle; a diffused oblique black-brown shade from termen below apex to vein 3; a terminal series of slight black lunules: cilia dark brown mixed with ochreous. Hindwing red brown; cilia whitish at tips; the underside grey suffused with fuscous, traces of a dark discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line.[2]
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
- ↑ Hampson, George F. (1910). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- Kemal, Muhabbet; Koçak, Ahmet Ömer (2007). Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera. Cesa Publications on African Lepidoptera. 2. http://www.metafro.be/Members/Cesa/Cesapublafri2.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q4675059 entry
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