Lacydes spectabilis

Updated on Dec 23, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Noctuoidea Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species		Class Insecta Family Erebidae Genus Lacydes Order Butterflies and moths

Similar Holoarctia puengeleri, Chelis maculosa, Hyphoraia aulica, Coscinia cribraria, Arctia flavia

Lacydes spectabilis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Tauscher in 1806. It is found in south-eastern Ukraine, eastern European Russia, western Siberia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Armenia, eastern Turkey, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, China (Xinjiang) and southern Mongolia.

The wingspan is about 32 mm.

Subspecies

Lacydes spectabilis spectabilis (south-eastern Ukraine, eastern European Russia, western Siberia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, China: Xinjiang, southern Mongolia)

Lacydes spectabilis annellata (Christoph, 1887) (Armenia, eastern Turkey, Kopet Dagh, Great Balkhan Mountains, Elburz Mountains)

References

Lacydes spectabilis Wikipedia

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