Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Lepidoptera Scientific name Acylita elongata | Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Rank Species | |
Acylita elongata is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Brazil. Its wingspan is about 34 mm.
Description
Head and thorax white suffused with brown; palpi pale yellow tinged with red at sides; pectus and legs ochreous tinged with brown; abdomen ochreous slightly irrorated with brown. Fore wing white suffused with pink especially on inner and terminal areas and slightly irrorated with brown; the costal edge white; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with white; a faint brown fascia from base through the cell and thence obliquely to termen just below apex; a dark point in middle of cell; a terminal series of minute dark points. Hind wing white very faintly tinged with brown; the underside with the costa faintly tinged with pink and slightly irrorated with brown.