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Acrapex

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Acrapex
Acrapex roseotincta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Xyleninae
Genus: Acrapex
Hampson, 1894

Acrapex is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1894.

Description

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Species are more slenderly built. In the forewings, the apices are more pronounced. Vein 7 originates just beyond the end of areole. The hindwings have an excurved outer margin at veins 2 to 4. Veins 6 and 7 as well as 3 and 4 are stalked. Vein 5 bent at its origin.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.