Asyprocessa spinus

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Asyprocessa spinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Asyprocessa
Species:
A. spinus
Binomial name
Asyprocessa spinus
Fibiger, 2010

Asyprocessa spinus is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2010. It is known from western and north-western Thailand.

The wingspan is 8–10 mm. The head, patagia, tegulae, thorax and ground colour of the forewing are grey, suffused with black scales. The basal part of the costa, costal part of the medial area and fringes have indistinct patches of grey black. The antemedial, postmedial and subterminal line are well marked and brown. The hindwing is light grey, with an indistinct discal spot. The underside of the forewing is grey brown and the underside of the hindwing is grey, with a discal spot.

References[edit]

  • Fibiger, Michael (2010). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2583: 1–119.