Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Acrapex roseotincta | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Acrapex Rank Species | |
Acrapex roseotincta is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Ceylon.
The wingspan is about 22 mm.
Description
Head and thorax ochreous tinged with brown; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pale oehreous yellow faintly tinged with rufous and the veins slightly streaked with rufous; a slight blackish streak below basal half of cell ; some black scales at lower angle of cell; an oblique postmedial series of black points on veins 6 to 1; an oblique diffused rufous fascia from termen below apex to vein 3; a slight brown terminal line; cilia yellowish white with a faint brownish line through them. Hind wing white faintly tinged with ochreous; the underside white with the costal area tinged with ochreous.
References
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