Acylita monosticta

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Acylita monosticta
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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[edit]

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[edit]

  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.