Araeopteron fasciale

Araeopteron fasciale
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Araeopteron
Species:	A. fasciale
Binomial name
	Araeopteron fasciale; (Hampson, 1896)
Synonyms
	Araeopterum fasciale Hampson, 1896

Araeopteron fasciale is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1896. It is known from Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is 12 mm. The head and collar of this species are white, the thorax and abdomen fuscous. The forewings are pale fuscous, the costal area is suffused with white. There is a dark mark with two white specks on the costa before the apex, and an oblique white postmedial line and indistinct waved submarginal line. Hindwings are pale fuscous with black-edged medial band and an indistinct submarginal white line.[1][2]

References

Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis. p. 543 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Savela, Markku. "Araeopteron fasciale (Hampson, 1896)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2018.

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis. p. 543 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Araeopteron fasciale (Hampson, 1896)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2018.