Acylita elongata explained

Acylita elongata is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by William Schaus in 1906.[1] It is found in Brazil. Its wingspan is about 34 mm.[2]

Description

Head and thorax white suffused with brown; palpi pale yellow tinged with red at sides; pectus and legs ochreous tinged with brown; abdomen ochreous slightly irrorated (sprinkled) with brown. Forewing white suffused with pink especially on inner and terminal areas and slightly irrorated with brown; the costal edge white; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with white; a faint brown fascia from base through the cell and thence obliquely to termen just below apex; a dark point in middle of cell; a terminal series of minute dark points. Hindwing white very faintly tinged with brown; the underside with the costa faintly tinged with pink and slightly irrorated with brown.

References

Notes and References

  1. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae . CRC Press.,
  2. Hampson, George F. (1910). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.