Speiredonia cthulhui

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Speiredonia cthulhui
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Speiredonia
Species:
S. cthulhui
Binomial name
Speiredonia cthulhui
Zilli & Holloway, 2005

Speiredonia cthulhui is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Alberto Zilli and Jeremy D. Holloway in 2005. It is found on New Guinea.

The length of the forewings is 26.5 mm for males and 25.5 mm for females.

It is named after the Cthulhu, a fictional creature created by author H. P. Lovecraft. [1]

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References

  1. Zilli, Alberto; Holloway, Jeremy D. & Hogenes, Willem (2005). "An Overview of the Genus Speiredonia with Description of Seven New Species (Insecta, Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Aldrovandia. 1: 17–36. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22 via Internet Archive.