Lygephila lubrosa
Appearance
Lygephila lubrosa | |
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Lygephila lubrosa lubrosa female | |
Lygephila lubrosa lubrosa male | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Lygephila |
Species: | L. lubrosa
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Binomial name | |
Lygephila lubrosa (Staudinger, 1901)[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Lygephila lubrosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.
The wingspan is 42–46 mm for ssp. lubrosa and 34–43 mm for ssp. orbonaria. The forewings are almost unicolorous with a poorly developed wing pattern. The subbasal line is represented by groups of dark scales on the veins. The antemedial line is semicircular and the reniform stigma is small and indistinct. The orbicular stigma is small and dot-like and the postmedial and subterminal lines are distinct and the terminal line consists of a row of black dots on the veins. The hindwings are pale ochreous.[2]
Subspecies
- Lygephila lubrosa lubrosa (Kazakhstan: valley of the river Ili)
- Lygephila lubrosa orbonaria Stshetkin YuL & Stshetkin YuYu, 1994 (south-western Tajikistan: Pianj river valley)
References
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