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)

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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