Cacostatia acutipennis

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Cacostatia acutipennis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Cacostatia
Species:
C. acutipennis
Binomial name
Cacostatia acutipennis
(Rothschild, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Agyrta acutipennisRothschild, 1912

Cacostatia acutipennis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1912. It is found in Colombia. [1]

The wingspan is about 42 mm. The forewings are black-brown slightly glossed with blue. The hindwings are hyaline. [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cacostatia acutipennis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  2. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .