Lacydes spectabilis

Lacydes spectabilis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by August Michael 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.[2]

Lacydes spectabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lacydes
Species:
L. spectabilis
Binomial name
Lacydes spectabilis
(Tauscher, 1806)[1]
Synonyms
  • Noctua spectabilis Tauscher, 1806
  • Noctua spectabilis Tauscher, 1811
  • Diacrisia spectabilis
  • Bombyx intercissa Freyer, 1842
  • Eyprepia intercissa Freyer, 1842
  • Bombyx incisa Freyer, 1842
  • Eyprepia incissa Freyer, 1842
  • Arctia spectabilis var. annellata Christoph, 1887
  • Volgarctia kendevani Schwingenschuss, 1937
  • Lacydes spectabilis sheljuzhkoi Dubatolov, 1996

The wingspan is about 32 mm.[3]

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)
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gollark: Apiospatial.
gollark: Directionally invariant.
gollark: Perpendicular to.
gollark: Down.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Savela, Markku. "Lacydes spectabilis (Tauscher, 1806)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  3. Lepiforum e.V.


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