| Taxon | Acrapex brunnea |
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| Authority | Hampson, 1910 |
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Acrapex brunnea is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1910.[1] It is found in Africa, including Angola, Kenya and South Africa.
Description
Head and thorax dark brown slightly mixed with ochreous; thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; pectus and legs ochreous mixed with brown; abdomen ochreous suffused with brown. Forewing ochreous, the costal area suffused with red brown leaving slight pale streaks on the veins; a diffused brown streak along median nervure and thence to the subterminal oblique fascia, with two white points on it at lower angle of cell; a slight brown streak below base of cell; an oblique pale fascia from apex to discal fold with a diffused dark brown fascia below it from termen below apex to vein 3 with minute black streaks on it in the interspaces; a terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia ochreous mixed with brown and with brown line near base. Hindwing ochreous white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; a fine brown terminal line; cilia with a whitish with a slight brown line near base; the underside whitish with the costal and terminal areas sprinkled with reddish brown.[2]
References
- ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae . CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9
- ^ Hampson, George F. (1910). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.
External links
- Kemal, Muhabbet & Koçak, Ahmet Ömer (2007). Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera. Vol. 2. Cesa Publications on African Lepidoptera. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. – via Internet Archive.