Acantholipes hypenoides

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Acantholipes hypenoides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Acantholipes
Species:
A. hypenoides
Binomial name
Acantholipes hypenoides
Moore, 1881 [1]
Synonyms
  • Rivula magniplagaSwinhoe 1905

Acantholipes hypenoides is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in India (Khasia Hills, [2] Darjeeling).

The forewings are greyish ochreous-brown, covered with dark-brown speckles and with a transverse lower discal blackish-brown band, which is broadest in females. This band is bordered outwardly by a slender yellowish line, indistinctly angled at its upper end and bent inward to the costa. There is a dark-brown waved fascia below the apex and the outer margin has a pale line below the apex, as well as some pale speckles at the end of the costa. The hindwings are pale ochreous-brown. [3]

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Acantholipes hypenoides Moore 1881". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
  2. On new and little-known species of Eastern and Australian Lepidoptera
  3. Descriptions of new genera and species of Asiatic nocturnal Lepidoptera PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .