Lyces minuta

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Lyces minuta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Lyces
Species:
L. minuta
Binomial name
Lyces minuta
(H. Druce, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Actea minutaH. Druce, 1885
  • Leptactea minuta(H. Druce, 1885)

Lyces minuta is a moth of the Notodontidae family first described by Herbert Druce in 1885. It is endemic to eastern Ecuador. It is recognizable by abdominal markings; a lateral orange stripe and a dorsal transverse orange band on A1. [1]

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References

  1. Miller, James S.; Brower, Andrew V. Z. (2010). "Lyces minuta (Druce 1885)". Tree of Life Web Project.