Acantholipes hypenoides
Acantholipes hypenoides is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in India (Khasia Hills,[2] Darjeeling).
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Acantholipes |
| Species: | A. hypenoides |
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The forewings are greyish ochreous-brown, covered with dark-brown speckles and with a transverse lower discal blackish-brown band, which is broadest in females. This band is bordered outwardly by a slender yellowish line, indistinctly angled at its upper end and bent inward to the costa. There is a dark-brown waved fascia below the apex and the outer margin has a pale line below the apex, as well as some pale speckles at the end of the costa. The hindwings are pale ochreous-brown.[3]
References
Wikispecies has information related to Acantholipes hypenoides.
- Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Acantholipes hypenoides Moore 1881". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
- On new and little-known species of Eastern and Australian Lepidoptera
- Descriptions of new genera and species of Asiatic nocturnal Lepidoptera
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