Acusa

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Acusa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Acusa
Fibiger, 2011
Species:
A. acus
Binomial name
Acusa acus
Fibiger, 2011

Acusa is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Acusa acus, is only known from Sabah on Borneo. Both the genus and the species were first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011.

The wingspan is about 13 mm.

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