''Athetis satellitia'' is a moth of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

. This species is known from

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

, Somalia, South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia,

Congo Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa: * Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...

and Madagascar. The female of this moth is greyish brown, head whitish. Forewings with white points on the costa at the lines, white points in cell before and in the middle. Hindwings are pale strongly suffused with brown the cilia ochreous at the tips. The wingspan is approx. 32 mm.Hampson, G. F. 1902. "The moths of South Africa (Part II)" - ''Annals of the South African Museum'' 2: page 302

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Moths described in 1902 Acronictinae Moths of Africa Moths of Madagascar {{Acronictinae-stub