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Acrolophus whitelyi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Acrolophidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acrolophus

Acrolophus whitelyi is a moth of the Acrolophidae family. It is found in Guyana.

The head, thorax and abdomen are pale brown and the antennae and palpi yellowish brown. The forewings are yellowish brown, with a large, central, V -shaped, reddish-brown mark extending across the middle of the wing from the costal to the inner margin. The costal margin and the outer margin are striated with reddish brown and there is a reddish-brown dot on the inner margin close to the base. The hindwings are blackish brown.

References

Acrolophus whitelyi Wikipedia