Spinulata acutipennis

Spinulata acutipennis is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Guatemala.[1]

Spinulata acutipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Cossidae
Genus:
Spinulata
Species:
S. acutipennis
Binomial name
Spinulata acutipennis
(Schaus, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Hemipecten acutipennis Schaus, 1905
  • Hemipectrona vinnea Schaus, 1921
  • Cossula vinnea
  • Cossus acutipennis

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
  1. Davis, Steve R.; Patricia Gentili-Poole & Charles Mitter, 2008, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 222-277.
  2. New species of Lepidoptera in the United States National Museum


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