Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Acrapex albivena | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Acrapex Rank Species | |
Acrapex albivena is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa, including South Africa.
The wingspan is about 35 mm.
Description
Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some ochreous; tarsi with slight pale rings ; abdomen pale ochreous mixed with brown. Fore wing ochreous whitish suffused and irrorated with black-brown leaving whitish streaks on the veins; a whitish streak in discal fold from near base to near termen, then bent upwards to apex; a diffused rufous fascia above vein 1; a terminal series of slight black points; cilia whitish at base, blackish at tips. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown; the underside whitish irrorated with brown.
References
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