Lygephila minima

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Lygephila minima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Lygephila
Species:
L. minima
Binomial name
Lygephila minima
Pekarsky, 2013

Lygephila minima is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Oleg Pekarsky in 2013. It is found in southern Russia (the Stavropol region) and Armenia.

The wingspan is about 33 mm. The forewings are beige with silver shining, irrorated (sprinkled) with a few blackish-brown scales. The hindwings are beige brown.

Etymology

The species name refers to the small size of the species in contrast to the largest representative of the genus, Lygephila maxima . [1]

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References

  1. Pekarsky, Oleg (2013)."Taxonomic and morphological survey of the Lygephila lusoria (Linnaeus, 1758) species-group with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Toxocampinae)". ZooKeys. 351: 49–81. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.351.5999. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.