Lymire nitens

Lymire nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Lymire
Species: L. nitens
Binomial name
Lymire nitens
(Rothschild, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Trichodesma nitens Rothschild, 1912

Lymire nitens is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1912. It is found in Venezuela.

The length of the forewings is about 20 mm. The forewings are black-brown with a broad cinnamon-buff oblique band beyond the cell. The hindwings are black, very strongly glossed with purple.[2]

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