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Acylita distincta

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Hexapoda

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Acylita distincta

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Acylita distincta is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Brazil. Its wingspan is about 26 mm.

Description

Head and thorax brownish ochreous; pectus and hind legs whitish, fore and mid legs and hind tarsi at extremity fuscous brown; abdomen white tinged with ochreous and slightly irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing brownish ochreous sparsely irrorated with black; black points in middle of cell and on discocellulars; slight fuscous points above and below submedian fold just beyond middle; a faint, diffused oblique fuscous streak from apex to just beyond discoidal point and a diffused oblique subtertninal line from below apex to submedian fold; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white suffused with ochreous except on inner area; cilia white; the underside white, the costal area suffused with ochreous and slightly irrorated with brown.

References

Acylita distincta Wikipedia


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