Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Acrapex brunnea | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Acrapex Rank Species | |
Similar Cyligramma, Amerila, Acontia, Scopula | ||
Acrapex brunnea is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa, including Angola, Kenya and South Africa.
The wingspan is 20–30 mm.
Description
Head and thorax dark brown slightly mixed with ochreous; thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; pectus and legs ochreous mixed with brown; abdomen ochreous suffused with brown. Fore wing ochreous, the costal area suffused with red-brown leaving slight pale streaks on the veins; a diffused brown streak along median nervure and thence to the subterminal oblique fascia, with two white points on it at lower angle of cell; a slight brown streak below base of cell; an oblique pale fascia from apex to discal fold with a diffused dark brown fascia below it from termen below apex to vein 3 with minute black streaks on it in the interspaces; a terminal series of slight black Iunules; cilia ochreous mixed with brown and with brown line near base. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; a fine brown terminal line; cilia w r hitish with a slight brown line near base; the underside whitish with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with reddish brown.