Lyclene hollowai
Lyclene hollowai is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Jagbir Singh Kirti and Navneet Singh Gill in 2009 and can be found in Gujarat, India.
| Lyclene hollowai | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Lyclene |
| Species: | L. hollowai |
| Binomial name | |
| Lyclene hollowai Kirti & Gill, 2009 | |
The wingspan is about 22 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is pinkish red, the subbasal region irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous scales. The hindwings are pinkish rufus.
Etymology
The species is named in honour of Dr Jeremy D. Holloway.[1]
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References
- Kirti, Jagbir Singh & Gill, Navneet Singh (2009). "Description of four new species of the genus Lyclene Moore (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae)". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 52B (1-2): 109-118.
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