Cacostatia acutipennis | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 | |
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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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