Phalacra acutipennis

Phalacra acutipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Phalacra
Species: P. acutipennis
Binomial name
Phalacra acutipennis
Swinhoe, 1903

Phalacra acutipennis is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Swinhoe in 1903.[1] It is found in India (Khasia Hills).[2]

The wings are greyish ochreous, with a pinkish tinge and irrorated with minute brown atoms. There is a black spot on the middle of the discoidal vein and another at its lower end on all the wings. The forewings have suffused brown basal, medial and marginal bands. The middle band running only a short distance from the hindmargin, leaving the upper disc and spaces between the bands pale. The hindwings are suffused with brown and have six short lines at the base.[3]

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