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Acrapex hamulifera is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Acrapex hamulifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Acrapex
Species:	A. hamulifera
Binomial name
Acrapex hamulifera (Hampson, 1893)
Synonyms
Meliana hamulifera Hampson, 1893

Description

Its wingspan is about 34 mm. Antennae of male serrated. Male brownish grey. The head and collar have an ochreous tinge. Forewings slightly suffused with ochreous and more so with black. A white hook shape can be seen on the median nervure. There is a pale oblique apical streak, a series of black specks on outer margin. Hindwings are pale fuscous. Ventral side is with cell-spot and postmedial curved line.[1]

References

External links

• First Record of the Genus Acrapex from the New World, With Description of a New Species from the Carolinas and Virginia

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