Biology:Speiredonia itynx
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Short description: Species of moth
| Speiredonia itynx | |
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| Plate XXXVI of Cramer & Stoll's De uitlandsche kapellen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Speiredonia |
| Species: | S. itynx
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| Binomial name | |
| Speiredonia itynx (Fabricius, 1787)
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Speiredonia itynx is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. It is found in India , Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Java, Palawan, Sulawesi and the Moluccas. [1]
Description
Their wingspan ranges from 64 to 78 mm. The middle loop of the forewing is produced inwards almost to the discocellulars. There is a rufous spot found on the cell. Specimens very greatly in colour and spots. Some have purplish-grey patches on both wings, and some have ochreous patches on disk and centre of margin of both wings. Another morph has ochreous or white suffusion on sub-marginal area of forewings and postmedial area of hindwings.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Zilli, Alberto; Holloway, Jeremy D.; Hogenes, Willem (2005). "An Overview of the Genus Speiredonia with Description of Seven New Species (Insecta, Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Aldrovandia 1: 17–36. http://www.museodizoologia.it/ricerca/aldrovandia/aldrovandia-volume-1-2005-1/an-overview-of-the-genus-speiredonia-with-description-of-seven-new-species-insecta-lepidoptera-noctuidae.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up.
- ↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Speiredonia Hübner". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/hulodini/hulodini_3.php. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7575783 entry
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