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Lyclene reticulata (C. Felder, 1861) | |
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Lyclene reticulata is a species of lichen moths of the family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae. It is found in Queensland, Australia, as well as on Ambon, Seram, Timor, Batchian, Aru, Tobriand, the Louisiade Archipelago and the Dampier Archipelago, [1]
The wingspan is about 20 mm.
A sister species Cyme laeta, a native to New Guinea, was discovered in 2021. [2]
The Arctiini are a tribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.
Cyme is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Felder in 1861.
Hyalaethea is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1887.
Lyclene is a genus of lichen moths of the family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1860.
Monosyntaxis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Swinhoe in 1901.
Tylanthes is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its only species, Tylanthes ptochias, is found in Australia and New Guinea. It is found in both lowland and highland habitats. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889.
Argina astrea, the crotalaria podborer, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found in eastern Africa, southern Asia of India, Sri Lanka, and Indo-Australia, including the Pacific Islands and Australia.
Asura calamaria is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1888. It is found in from the north-eastern Himalayas to Sundaland, including Myanmar. The habitat consists of disturbed forests, including disturbed alluvial forests and remnants of primary montane forests.
Cyme pyraula is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found in the Australian state of Queensland and on New Guinea.
Cyme sexualis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Felder in 1864. It is found on Ambon, Sulawesi, the Dampier Archipelago. and in New Guinea.
Asura synestramena is a species of lichen moths of the family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae. It is found on Borneo and Bali. The habitat consists of lowland forests.
Cyme basitesselata is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae.
Damias biakensis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea.
Hyalaethea attemae is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Rob de Vos in 2010. It is found on Western New Guinea in Indonesia.
Hyalaethea obraztsovi is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Rob de Vos in 2010. It is found on New Guinea.
Lyclene apiseriata is a species of lichen moths of the family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 2001. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of lower montane forests on limestone.
Lyclene weidenhofferi is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Karel Černý in 2012 and is endemic to Thailand.
Nyctemera evergista is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Stoll in 1781. It is found on the Moluccas, Seram, Buru and in New Guinea.
Spilosoma withaari is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Rob de Vos in 2013. It is found in Papua, Indonesia.
Cyme laeta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described in 2021 by the then 18-year-old Noortje Looijenga during her internship at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands. It is found in New Guinea. Laeta is Latin for happy, surprise, colorful and rich in contrast. Looijenga explained that: "Of course, this refers to my joy upon discovering this new species. Moreover, Cyme laeta is slightly more strongly colored than their sister species Cyme reticulata." The type specimen had been caught by Rob de Vos, her internship supervisor, during a work trip.
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