Lithophane leeae

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Lithophane leeae
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L. leeae
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Lithophane leeae
Walsh, 2009

Lithophane leeae is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is only found in the Chiricahua Mountains in southeastern Arizona. [1]

The length of the forewings is about 25 millimetres (0.98 in). [1]

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<i>Lithophane bethunei</i> Species of moth

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James Bruce Walsh is an American geneticist whose research focuses on evolutionary and quantitative genetics. He has been Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona since 1986. He discovered the moth species Lithophane leeae in 2009, and another moth species, Drasteria walshi, is named after him.

References

  1. 1 2 Bruce Walsh (2009). "Lithophane leeae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae), a striking new species from southeastern Arizona". ZooKeys (9): 21–26. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.9.184 .