Acrolophus whitelyi

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

Acrolophus whitelyi is a moth of the Acrolophidae family.[1] It is found in Guyana.[2]

The head, thorax and abdomen are pale brown and the antennae and palpi 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.

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