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Araeopteron fasciale

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Araeopteron fasciale is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is known from Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is 12 mm. The head and collar of this species are white, the thorax and abdomen fuscous. Fore wings are pale fuscous, the costal area suffused with white. A dark mark with two white specks on the costa before apex, and an oblique white postmedial line and indistinct waved submarginal line. Hind wings are pale fuscous with black-eged medial band and an indistinct submarginal white line.

References

Araeopteron fasciale Wikipedia