Acantholipes trajecta

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Acantholipini
Genus: Acantholipes
Species: A. trajecta
Binomial name
Acantholipes trajecta
(Walker, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euclidia trajecta Walker, 1865
  • Acantholipes inconspicuus Butler, 1880
  • Acantholipes trifasciatus Moore, 1885

Acantholipes trajecta is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. It is found in South Africa[2] and Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland, also from India and Sri Lanka.

Description

The wingspan is about 28mm. Body yellowish brown, or dark red. The wings are blotchy brown. The forewings have a pale-edged submarginal line.[3] Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Wings moderately broad. Body dark leaden-grey. Fore wings with indistinct waved antemdial and postmedial lines from the cell to inner margin with white specks series on them. The band runs from apex is reddish brown. Hind wings with reddish brown narrow medial band, with indistinct antemedial and postmedial lines with series of white specks on them. A marginal series of dark specks present.[4]

References

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