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Lacydes spectabilis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Erebidae

Genus
  
Lacydes

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Lacydes spectabilis

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

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