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Lymire nitens

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Lymire nitens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lymire
Species:
L. nitens
Binomial name
Lymire nitens
(Rothschild, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Trichodesma nitens Rothschild, 1912

Lymire nitens is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. 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]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Lymire nitens​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  2. ^ Novitates Zoologicae Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.