Acrapex spoliata is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae . CRC Press. , It is found in Africa, including Sierra Leone and South Africa.
Description Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and mixed with some dark brown: palpi with the 2nd joint brown at sides; abdomen dorsally dark brown, ventrally ochreous tinged with rufous. Forewing ochreous tinged with rufous, the costal area suffused with dark brown leaving slight pale streaks on the veins; the median nervure and base of veins arising from it streaked with black-brown; a black-brown streak in and beyond lower angle of cell with white points on it before and beyond the angle; a diffused oblique black-brown shade from termen below apex to vein 3; a terminal series of slight black lunules: cilia dark brown mixed with ochreous. Hindwing red brown; cilia whitish at tips; the underside grey suffused with fuscous, traces of a dark discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line.Hampson, George F. (1910). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.
References
External links