Acylita monosticta explained

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

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

Notes and References

  1. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae . CRC Press.,
  2. Web site: Savela . Markku . Acylita monosticta (Jones, 1908) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . September 29, 2019.
  3. Hampson, George F. (1910) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.
  4. Hampson, George F. (1910) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.