Amolita perstriata
| Amolita perstriata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Erebinae |
| Tribe: | Omopterini |
| Genus: | Amolita |
| Species: | A. perstriata |
| Binomial name | |
| Amolita perstriata Hampson, 1910 | |
Amolita perstriata is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. The species is found on the Bahamas. Its wingspan is about 22 mm. [1][2]
Description
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white; palpi pale rufous; fore and mid legs and hind tarsi tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous white sparsely irrorated with black; a faint brownish fascia in cell; two minute black points iu upper part of middle of cell and two at upper angle; the interspaces of costal area tinged with brown towards apex; a faint diffused brown fascia from terinen below apex to submedian fold where it terminates in a black point; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white faintly tinged with ochreous. Underside of fore wing and costal area of hind wing tinged with ochreous, the costa and termen of both wings slightly irrorated with brown; both wings with terminal series of black points. [3]
References
- ↑ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
- ↑ Sir GEORGE F. HAMPSON, Bart. (1910) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum.
- ↑ Sir GEORGE F. HAMPSON, Bart. (1910) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum.
External links
- Amolita perstriata at the Global Lepidoptera Names Index, Natural History Museum