Cacostatia acutipennis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1912. It is found in Colombia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Cacostatia |
| Species: | C. acutipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cacostatia acutipennis (Rothschild, 1912)
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The wingspan is about 42 mm. The forewings are black-brown slightly glossed with blue. The hindwings are hyaline.[2]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cacostatia acutipennis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum
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