Lygephila kazachkaratavika
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Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Lygephila
Species:
L. kazachkaratavika
Binomial name
Lygephila kazachkaratavika
YuL Stshetkin & YuYu Stshetkin, 1994
Synonyms
  • Lygephila lubrosa kazachkaratavika YuL Stshetkin & YuYu Stshetkin, 1994

Lygephila kazachkaratavika is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by YuL Stshetkin and YuYu Stshetkin in 1994. It is found in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

The wingspan is 41โ€“44 mm. The forewings are contrastingly marked and vary in colouration from mottled light greyish brown to uniform dark brown. The hindwings are ochreous with a distinct transverse line and a small discal spot.[1]

References

  1. โ†‘ Pekarsky, Oleg (2014). "Taxonomic studies of the Lygephila lubrica (Freyer, 1842) species complex with notes on other species in the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Toxocampinae)". ZooKeys (452): 107โ€“129. doi:10.3897/zookeys.452.8152. PMC 4258635. PMID 25493056.


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