Speiredonia cthulhui

Speiredonia cthulhui is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Alberto Zilli and Jeremy D. Holloway in 2005. It is found on New Guinea.

Speiredonia cthulhui
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Speiredonia
Species:
S. cthulhui
Binomial name
Speiredonia cthulhui
Zilli & Holloway, 2005

The length of the forewings is 26.5 mm for males and 25.5 mm for females.

It is named after the Cthulhu, a fictional creature created by author H. P. Lovecraft.[1]

References

  1. 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. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22 via Internet Archive.


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