Acrapex leucophlebia is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1894.[1] It is found in the Nilgiri Mountains of India.

Acrapex leucophlebia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acrapex
Species:
A. leucophlebia
Binomial name
Acrapex leucophlebia
Hampson, 1894

The wingspan is 26–32 mm.[2]

Description

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Head and thorax ocherous mixed with brown; abdomen ocherous white slightly irrorated (sprinkled) with brown. Forewing ocherous white irrorated with red brown, the veins defined by slight brown streaks except on inner area; a slight brown streak below basal half of cell; the discocellulars with some brown points before and beyond them; a diffused oblique whitish fascia from apex to discal fold with a brown shade below it from termen below apex, with short brown streaks on its inner edge above and below vein 5; a terminal series of minute black lunulae; cilia whitish at base, dark at tips. Hindwing ocherous white tinged with reddish brown except on costal area; cilia ocherous white; the underside ocherous white slightly tinged with red 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.