Lygephila subpicata

Lygephila subpicata
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
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

  1. ↑ taxapad
  2. ↑ Taxonomic and morphological survey of the Lygephila lusoria (Linnaeus, 1758) species-group with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Toxocampinae)


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