Lyclene reticulata

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Lyclene reticulata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lyclene
Species:
L. reticulata
Binomial name
Lyclene reticulata
(C. Felder, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Cyme reticulataC. Felder, 1861
  • Barsine placensWalker, 1865
  • Calligenia cyclotaMeyrick, 1886
  • Barsine intritaSwinhoe, 1892

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]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lyclene reticulata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
  2. Looijenga, Noortje (2021-06-07). "The discovery of a sibling species next to Cyme reticulata Felder, 1861 in New Guinea and a review of some allied taxa (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini)". SUGAPA Digital. 13 (2): 113–130. doi:10.19269/sugapa2021.13(2).01. ISSN   2468-872X.