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

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

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.

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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

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