Acrapex brunnea

Acrapex brunnea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Acrapex
Species:	A. brunnea
Binomial name
	Acrapex brunnea; Hampson, 1910
Synonyms
	Acrapex ochracea Bethune-Baker, 1911; Acrapex brunneosa Bethune-Baker,1911;

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.

The wingspan is 20–30 mm.^[2]

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 Archived 2009-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9
^ ^a ^b Hampson, George F. (1910). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Kemal, Muhabbet & Koçak, Ahmet Ömer (2007). Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera (PDF). Cesa Publications on African Lepidoptera. Vol. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-19 – via Internet Archive.

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[1] Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived 2009-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9

[GFH-2] Hampson, George F. (1910). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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