Acylita dukinfieldi
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Acylita |
| Species: | A. dukinfieldi
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| Acylita dukinfieldi Schaus, 1894
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Acylita dukinfieldi is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by William Schaus in 1894.[1] It is found in Brazil. Its wingspan is about 30 mm.[2]
Description
Head and thorax ochreous suffused with red brown; abdomen ochreous. Forewing bright pink; the costal edge ochreous; a slight white streak on the median nervure and the bases of the veins arising from it. Hindwing white very faintly tinged with brown.[2]
References
- ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae . 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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