Phalacra acutipennis

Phalacra acutipennis is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Swinhoe in 1903.[1] It is found in the Khasi Hills of India.[2]

Phalacra acutipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Phalacra
Species:
P. acutipennis
Binomial name
Phalacra acutipennis
Swinhoe, 1903

The wings are greyish ochreous, with a pinkish tinge and irrorated (sprinkled) with minute brown dots. There is a black spot on the middle of the discoidal vein and another at its lower end on all the wings. The forewings have suffused brown basal, medial and marginal bands. The middle band running only a short distance from the hindmargin, leaving the upper disc and spaces between the bands pale. The hindwings are suffused with brown and have six short lines at the base.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phalacra acutipennis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Phalacra acutipennis Swinhoe, 1903". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 11 (65): 502


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