Speiredonia
| Speiredonia | |
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| Speiredonia spectans | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Hulodini |
| Genus: | Speiredonia Hübner, [1823][1] |
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Speiredonia is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family.
Description
Palpi with thickened second joint, reaching vertex of head and third joint of moderate length. Antennae of male with minute fascicules of cilia. Thorax quadrately scaled. Abdomen with dorsal ridges of hair. Tibia slightly hairy, and mid tibia spineless. Fore wigs with arched costa towards apex. Cilia crenulate. Hid wings with crenulate cilia as well, but with short cell. Vein 5 from lower angle of cell.[2]
Defensive display
Some of the species, such as Speiredonia spectans, S. cthulhui, S. hogenesi, S. martabanica, S. sandokana, S. alix. S. itynx, S. levis and S. celebensis have a pattern on the wings that while the moth is at rest looks like the 3-dimensional face of a lurking animal with eyes and nostrils. This pattern is more clearly discernible in females[3] and may cause an attacking predator to hesitate or perhaps withdraw.[4]
 Speiredonia spectans resting mimicking a head |
Species
- Speiredonia alix (Guenée, 1852)
- Speiredonia celebensis Hogenes & Zilli, 2005
- Speiredonia cthulhui Zilli & Holloway, 2005
- Speiredonia cymosema (Hampson, 1926)
- Speiredonia darwiniana Zilli, 2010
- Speiredonia gowa Holloway & Zilli, 2005
- Speiredonia hogenesi Zilli, 2002
- Speiredonia ibanorum Holloway & Zilli, 2005
- Speiredonia inocellata Sugi, 1996
- Speiredonia itynx Fabricius, 1787
- Speiredonia levis Holloway & Zilli, 2005
- Speiredonia martabanica Holloway & Zilli, 2005
- Speiredonia mutabilis Fabricius, 1794
- Speiredonia obscura (Cramer, 1780)
- Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holloway, 2005
- Speiredonia simplex Butler, 1877
- Speiredonia spectans – Granny's Cloak Moth (Guenée, 1852)
- Speiredonia strigiformis (Robinson, 1975)
- Speiredonia substruens (Walker, 1858)
References
- ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". taxapad.com. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ An Overview Of The Genus Speiredonia With Description Of Seven New Species
- ↑ John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, Volume 4, p. 1174
External links
Data related to Speiredonia at Wikispecies
Media related to Speiredonia at Wikimedia Commons- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Speiredonia at funet.fi