Biology:Acylita monosticta

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Short description: Species of moth

Acylita monosticta
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Scientific classification
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Animalia
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A. monosticta
Binomial name
Acylita monosticta
E. D. Jones, 1908
Synonyms
  • Boryodes monosticta

Acylita monosticta [1] is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by E. Dukinfield Jones in 1908.[2] It is found in Brazil . Its wingspan is about 24 mm.[3]

Description

Head and thorax brownish ochreous; pectus white; legs brownish ochreous; abdomen white tinged with ochreous and slightly irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. Forewing brownish ochreous faintly tinged with red and very slightly irrorated with brown; a black discoidal point; traces of an oblique diffused red fascia from apex to discocellulars. Hindwing white suffused with ochreous; the underside white, the costal area suffused with ochreous.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4678012 entry