Achaea lenzi

Achaea lenzi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Catocalinae
Genus: Achaea
Species: A. lenzi
Binomial name
Achaea lenzi
(Saalmüller, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Ophisma lenzi Saalmüller, 1881

Achaea lenzi is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Madagascar.[1]

Head, thorax and forewings of this species are chocolate coloured. It has a wingspan of 40–42 mm. Saalmüller named this species after the curator of the Lübeck museum, Dr. Heinrich Lenz.[2]

Publication

This species was described in Saalmüller, M. 1881b, Neue Lepideptoren aus Madagascar. - Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung Vol.42 (1881) pages:435–437.

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