Acylita sanguifusa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acylita |
| Species: | A. sanguifusa
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| Acylita sanguifusa E. D. Jones, 1908
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Acylita sanguifusa [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 26 mm.[3]
Description
[edit]Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous; pectus whitish; legs brown; abdomen white slightly irrorated (sprinkled) with brown. Forewing whitish suffused with bright pink; a deep pink fascia in cell and thence obliquely to apex; the inner area deep pink; the terminal area with deep pink streaks in the interspaces. Hindwing white, the terminal area faintly irrorated with ochreous; the underside with the costal area suffused with ochreous.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Acylita sanguifusa (Jones, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
- ^ Hampson, George F. (1910) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.
- ^ Hampson, George F. (1910) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.
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