Acrapex vetiveria Le Ru, 2019

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Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Xyleninae (subfamily)/  Apameini (tribe)/  Sesamiina (subtribe)/  Acrapex (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Le Ru, 2019
Citation:	Acrapex vetiveria Le Ru, n. sp.
Original genus:	Acrapex
Publication:	Le Ru B. P., Musyoka B. K., Capdevielle-Dulac C., Pallangyo B., Njaku M., Goftishu M., Assefa Y., Chipabika G., Conlong D., Ong’Amo G., Barbut J. & Kergoat G. J. 2019. Updated phylogenetic and systematics of the Acrapex albivena Hampson, 1910 and A. stygiata (Hampson, 1910) species groups (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Apameini, Sesamiina), with the description of nine new species from the Afrotropics.
Journal:	Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)
Volume:	55
Issue:	3
Pagination:	238–239, figs 2h, 2q, 5f, 6h, 8e–h

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Acrapex vetiveria Le Ru, 2019	Holotype	♂	MNHN	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide B. Le Ru 687♂, MNHN	Tanzania	Tanzania, Iringa Region, Njombe, Iboya, 1664 m, iv.2014, leg. B. Le Ru.
Acrapex vetiveria Le Ru, 2019	Paratype	♂	MNHN	Paratypes 16♂, 19♀, genitalia slides B. Le Ru 94♀, 324♂, 325♂, 518♂, 523♀, 590♀, 591♀, 644♂, 675♂, 687♂, 694♀, 695♀, MNHN.	Tanzania	Tanzania, Iringa Region, Njombe, Iboya, 1664 m, iv.2014, leg. B. Le Ru.

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Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Acrapex vetiveria Le Ru, 2019	Tanzania		Le Ru B. P., Musyoka B. K., Capdevielle-Dulac C., Pallangyo B., Njaku M., Goftishu M., Assefa Y., Chipabika G., Conlong D., Ong’Amo G., Barbut J. & Kergoat G. J. 2019. Updated phylogenetic and systematics of the Acrapex albivena Hampson, 1910 and A. stygiata (Hampson, 1910) species groups (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Apameini, Sesamiina), with the description of nine new species from the Afrotropics. page 238

Plant note:

In the stem or at the base of young stems (see B. Le Ru et al. 2019: 238–239).

Le Ru B. P., Musyoka B. K., Capdevielle-Dulac C., Pallangyo B., Njaku M., Goftishu M., Assefa Y., Chipabika G., Conlong D., Ong’Amo G., Barbut J. & Kergoat G. J. 2019. Updated phylogenetic and systematics of the Acrapex albivena Hampson, 1910 and A. stygiata (Hampson, 1910) species groups (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Apameini, Sesamiina), with the description of nine new species from the Afrotropics.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Acrapex vetiveria Le Ru, 2019	Chrysopogon zizanoides	Poaceae	Tanzania	Le Ru B. P., Musyoka B. K., Capdevielle-Dulac C., Pallangyo B., Njaku M., Goftishu M., Assefa Y., Chipabika G., Conlong D., Ong’Amo G., Barbut J. & Kergoat G. J. 2019. Updated phylogenetic and systematics of the Acrapex albivena Hampson, 1910 and A. stygiata (Hampson, 1910) species groups (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Apameini, Sesamiina), with the description of nine new species from the Afrotropics. page 238

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