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Achaea lenzi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Catocalinae

Achaea lenzi is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Madagascar.

Head, thorax and forewings of this species are chocolate coloured. It has a wingspan of 40–42 mm. Saalmüller named this species after the curator of the Lübeck museum, Dr. Heinrich Lenz.

Publication

This species was described in Saalmüller, M. 1881b, Neue Lepideptoren aus Madagascar. - Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung Vol.42 (1881) pages:435–437.

References

Achaea lenzi Wikipedia