Acylita monosticta
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acylita |
| Species: | A. monosticta
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| Acylita monosticta E. D. Jones, 1908
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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]- ^ 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
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Acylita monosticta (Jones, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
- ^ Hampson, George F. (1910) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.
- ^ Hampson, George F. (1910) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.
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