Amolita irrorata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Amolita |
| Species: | A. irrorata
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| Binomial name | |
| Amolita irrorata Hampson, 1910
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Amolita irrorata is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1910.[1] The species is found in South America, including Paraguay and Brazil. Its wingspan is 26–32 mm (1.0–1.3 in).[2]
Description
[edit]Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with brown; palpi slightly tinged with rufous; pectus and legs suffused with brown; abdomen ochreous dorsally suffused with brown, ventrally irrorated (sprinkled) with brown. Forewing pale ochreous slightly tinged with reddish brown and thickly irrorated with black; a black point in middle of cell and another on discocellulars; a diffused oblique black-brown fascia from apex to inner margin before middle and another narrower fascia from termen below apex to inner margin beyond middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia with diffused blackish line through them. Hindwing ochreous white; a terminal series of black points from apex to vein 2; cilia with a faint brown line through them except towards tornus. Underside of forewing suffused with brown; hindwing with the costal area irrorated with brown, a black discoidal point.[2]
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
- ^ a b Hampson, George F. (1910). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.
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