Speiredonia obscura
Speiredonia obscura is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780.
Speiredonia obscura | |
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From Sri Lanka | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Speiredonia |
Species: | S. obscura |
Binomial name | |
Speiredonia obscura (Cramer, 1780) | |
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Distribution
It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Taiwan, the Andamans, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Palawan, from Sundaland eastwards to Australia, the Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, Marianas, western Carolines.[1]
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Illustration from Pieter Cramer and Caspar Stoll's De uitlandsche kapellen
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Illustration from the same work
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References
- Zilli, Alberto; Holloway, Jeremy D. & Hogenes, Willem (2005). "An Overview of the Genus Speiredonia with Description of Seven New Species (Insecta, Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Aldrovandia. 1: 17–36 – via Internet Archive.
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