Acrapex hamulifera

Acrapex hamulifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Acrapex
Species:	A. hamulifera
Binomial name
	Acrapex hamulifera; (Hampson, 1893)
Synonyms
	Meliana hamulifera Hampson, 1893;

Acrapex hamulifera is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Description

Its wingspan is about 34 mm. Antennae of male serrated. Male brownish grey. The head and collar have an ochreous tinge. Forewings slightly suffused with ochreous and more so with black. A white hook shape can be seen on the median nervure. There is a pale oblique apical streak, a series of black specks on outer margin. Hindwings are pale fuscous. Ventral side is with cell-spot and postmedial curved line.[1]

References

Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

First Record of the Genus Acrapex from the New World, With Description of a New Species from the Carolinas and Virginia

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.