Brevipecten captata
Species of moth
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Brevipecten captata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1889.[2][3]
| Brevipecten captata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Brevipecten |
| Species: | B. captata |
| Binomial name | |
| Brevipecten captata (Butler, 1889) | |
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Distribution
Description
Its wingspan is about 3 cm. Adults are pale brown. On the forewings there are two white bordered dark patches on the costa. Hindwings are plain pale brown.[5]
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