Speiredonia itynx

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Speiredonia itynx
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Plate XXXVI of Cramer & Stoll's De uitlandsche kapellen
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Speiredonia
Species:
S. itynx
Binomial name
Speiredonia itynx
(Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
  • Noctua itynxFabricius, 1787
  • Phalaena Noctua feduciaStoll, 1790
  • Sericia parvipennisWalker, 1858

Speiredonia itynx is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Java, Palawan, Sulawesi and the Moluccas. [1]

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Description

Their wingspan ranges from 64 to 78 mm. The middle loop of the forewing is produced inwards almost to the discocellulars. There is a rufous spot found on the cell. Specimens very greatly in colour and spots. Some have purplish-grey patches on both wings, and some have ochreous patches on disk and centre of margin of both wings. Another morph has ochreous or white suffusion on sub-marginal area of forewings and postmedial area of hindwings. [2] [3]

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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.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Speiredonia Hübner". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 22, 2019.