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Acrolophus whitelyi

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Acrolophus whitelyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Acrolophus
Species:
A. whitelyi
Binomial name
Acrolophus whitelyi
(H. H. Druce, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Anaphora whitelyi H. H. Druce, 1901

Acrolophus whitelyi is a moth of the family Acrolophidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1901.[1] It is found in Guyana.[2]

The head, thorax and abdomen are pale brown and the antennae and palpi are yellowish brown. The forewings are yellowish brown, with a large, central, V-shaped, reddish-brown mark extending across the middle of the wing from the costal to the inner margin. The costal margin and the outer margin are striated with reddish brown and there is a reddish-brown dot on the inner margin close to the base. The hindwings are blackish brown.

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Acrolophus whitelyi​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  2. ^ LIV.—Descriptions of some new species of Lepidoptera from East Africa and Tropical AmericaPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.