Asyprocessa wapi

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

Asyprocessa wapi is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2010. It is known from southern Laos, in Southeast Asia.

Description[edit]

The wingspan of Asyprocessa wapi is about 9 mm. The head, patagia, tegulae, thorax and the ground colour of the forewing are brown suffused with dark brown scales.

The basal part of costa, costal part of the medial area, subterminal, and terminal area, including the fringes are blackish brown. The costal medial area is quadrangular. The forewing is narrow, pointed at the apex and brown. The hindwing is grey and the discal spot absent.

References[edit]

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