Acrapex brunnea is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1910.[1] It is found in Africa, including Angola, Kenya and South Africa.

Acrapex brunnea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acrapex
Species:
A. brunnea
Binomial name
Acrapex brunnea
Hampson, 1910
Synonyms
  • Acrapex ochracea Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Acrapex brunneosa Bethune-Baker,1911

The wingspan is 20–30 mm.[2]

Description

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Head and thorax dark brown slightly mixed with ochreous; thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; pectus and legs ochreous mixed with brown; abdomen ochreous suffused with brown. Forewing ochreous, the costal area suffused with red brown leaving slight pale streaks on the veins; a diffused brown streak along median nervure and thence to the subterminal oblique fascia, with two white points on it at lower angle of cell; a slight brown streak below base of cell; an oblique pale fascia from apex to discal fold with a diffused dark brown fascia below it from termen below apex to vein 3 with minute black streaks on it in the interspaces; a terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia ochreous mixed with brown and with brown line near base. Hindwing ochreous white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; a fine brown terminal line; cilia with a whitish with a slight brown line near base; the underside whitish with the costal and terminal areas sprinkled with reddish brown.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ a b Hampson, George F. (1910). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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