Acylita sanguifusa

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]

Acylita sanguifusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Acylita
Species:
A. sanguifusa
Binomial name
Acylita sanguifusa
E. D. Jones, 1908
Synonyms
  • Doryodes sanguifusa

Description

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
  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 sanguifusa (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.


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