Spinulata acutipennis
Spinulata acutipennis is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Guatemala.[1]
| Spinulata acutipennis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Subfamily: | Cossulinae |
| Genus: | Spinulata |
| Species: | S. acutipennis |
| Binomial name | |
| Spinulata acutipennis (Schaus, 1905) | |
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The wingspan is about 37 mm. The forewings are crossed by short and indistinct pale brown lines. There is a large fuscous brown spot in the cell and a small vertical streak below the cell before the middle, as well as a short horizontal dark brown streak above the inner margin antemedially. The costal margin is medially shaded with grey, beyond it shaded with brown. The hindwings are white.[2]
References
- Davis, Steve R.; Patricia Gentili-Poole & Charles Mitter, 2008, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 222-277.
- New species of Lepidoptera in the United States National Museum This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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