Lygephila kazachkaratavika
Lygephila kazachkaratavika is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by YuL Stshetkin and YuYu Stshetkin in 1994. It is found in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Lygephila |
| Species: | L. kazachkaratavika |
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| Lygephila kazachkaratavika YuL Stshetkin & YuYu Stshetkin, 1994 | |
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The wingspan is 41–44 mm. The forewings are contrastingly marked and vary in colouration from mottled light greyish brown to uniform dark brown. The hindwings are ochreous with a distinct transverse line and a small discal spot.[1]
References
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- Pekarsky, Oleg (2014). "Taxonomic studies of the Lygephila lubrica (Freyer, 1842) species complex with notes on other species in the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Toxocampinae)". ZooKeys (452): 107–129. doi:10.3897/zookeys.452.8152. PMC 4258635. PMID 25493056.
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