Acylita dukinfieldi

Acylita dukinfieldi is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by William Schaus in 1894.[1] It is found in Brazil. Its wingspan is about 30 mm.[2]

Acylita dukinfieldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Acylita
Species:
A. dukinfieldi
Binomial name
Acylita dukinfieldi
Schaus, 1894
Synonyms
  • Acylita ducinfieldi
  • Boryodes dukinfieldi

Description

Head and thorax ochreous suffused with red brown; abdomen ochreous. Forewing bright pink; the costal edge ochreous; a slight white streak on the median nervure and the bases of the veins arising from it. Hindwing white very faintly tinged with brown.[2]

References
  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
  2. Hampson, George F. (1910). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.


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