Lyclene hollowai

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Lyclene hollowai
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lyclene
Species:
L. hollowai
Binomial name
Lyclene hollowai
Kirti & Gill, 2009

Lyclene hollowai is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Jagbir Singh Kirti and Navneet Singh Gill in 2009 and can be found in Gujarat, India.

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is pinkish red, the subbasal region irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous scales. The hindwings are pinkish rufus.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Dr Jeremy D. Holloway. [1]

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References

  1. Kirti, Jagbir Singh & Gill, Navneet Singh (2009). "Description of four new species of the genus Lyclene Moore (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae) from India". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 52B (1-2): 109-118, doi : 10.3409/azc.52b_1-2.109-118. Accessed on-line Feb. 20, 2022.