Lygephila subpicata

Lygephila subpicata
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Toxocampinae
Genus: Lygephila
Species: L. subpicata
Binomial name
Lygephila subpicata
Wiltshire, 1971[1]
Synonyms
  • Lygephila lusoria subpicata Wiltshire, 1971

Lygephila subpicata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in northern and western Iran.

Adults differ from the sister species Lygephila pallida in the length and shape of the ampulla, and in vesica and aedeagus structure.[2]

References

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