Acantholipes trajecta
Acantholipes trajecta is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in South Africa,[2] India, Sri Lanka, and Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Acantholipes |
| Species: | A. trajecta |
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Description
The wingspan is about 28 mm. Body yellowish brown or dark red. The wings are blotchy brown. The forewings have a pale-edged submarginal line.[3] Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Wings moderately broad. Body dark leaden grey. Forewings with indistinct waved antemedial and postmedial lines from the cell to inner margin with white specks series on them. The band runs from apex is reddish brown. Hindwings with reddish-brown narrow medial band, with indistinct antemedial and postmedial lines with series of white specks on them. A marginal series of dark specks present.[4]
References
- Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Acantholipes trajecta (Walker 1865)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on January 30, 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Acantholipes trajecta (Walker, 1865)". Afromoths. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (15 December 2012). "Acantholipes trajecta (Walker, 1865)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.