Lacydes spectabilis
Appearance
Lacydes spectabilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Lacydes |
Species: | L. spectabilis
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Binomial name | |
Lacydes spectabilis | |
Synonyms | |
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Lacydes spectabilis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by August Michael Tauscher in 1806. It is found in south-eastern Ukraine, eastern European Russia, western Siberia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Armenia, eastern Turkey, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, China (Xinjiang) and southern Mongolia.[2]
The wingspan is about 32 mm.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]- Lacydes spectabilis spectabilis (south-eastern Ukraine, eastern European Russia, western Siberia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, China: Xinjiang, southern Mongolia)
- Lacydes spectabilis annellata (Christoph, 1887) (Armenia, eastern Turkey, Kopet Dagh, Great Balkhan Mountains, Elburz Mountains)
References
[edit]- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Lacydes spectabilis (Tauscher, 1806)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
- ^ Lepiforum e.V.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.