Acylita 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]

Acylita monosticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Acylita
Species:
A. monosticta
Binomial name
Acylita monosticta
E. D. Jones, 1908
Synonyms
  • Boryodes monosticta

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
  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. Savela, Markku. "Acylita monosticta (Jones, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  3. Hampson, George F. (1910) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.
  4. Hampson, George F. (1910) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.


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