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'''''Acrapex hamulifera''''' is a [[moth]] of the [[Noctuidae]] family. It is endemic to [[Sri Lanka]].
'''''Acrapex hamulifera''''' is a [[moth]] of the [[Noctuidae]] family. It is endemic to [[Sri Lanka]].

==Description==
Wingspan is about 34mm. Antennae of male serrated. Male brownish grey in color. Head and collar ochreous tinge. Fore wings slightly suffused with ochreous and more so with black color. A white hook-shaped can be seen on median nervure. There is a pale oblique apical streak, a series of black specks on outer margin. Hind wings are pale fuscous. Ventral side is with cell-spot and postmedial curved line.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/207319 | title=The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii | publisher=Digital Library of India | date=1892 | accessdate=4 July 2016 | author=Hampson G. F. | pages=558}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/1990s/1991/1991-45(3)209-Ferguson.pdf FIRST RECORD OF THE GENUS ACRAPEX FROM THE NEW WORLD, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM THE CAROLINAS AND VIRGINIA]


[[Category:Xyleninae]]
[[Category:Xyleninae]]

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Acrapex hamulifera
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A. hamulifera
Binomial name
Acrapex hamulifera
(Hampson, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Meliana hamulifera Hampson, 1893

Acrapex hamulifera is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Description

Wingspan is about 34mm. Antennae of male serrated. Male brownish grey in color. Head and collar ochreous tinge. Fore wings slightly suffused with ochreous and more so with black color. A white hook-shaped can be seen on median nervure. There is a pale oblique apical streak, a series of black specks on outer margin. Hind wings are pale fuscous. Ventral side is with cell-spot and postmedial curved line.[1]

References

  1. ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.