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Speiredonia itynx
Plate XXXVI of Cramer & Stoll's De uitlandsche kapellen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Speiredonia
Species:	S. itynx
Binomial name
Speiredonia itynx (Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
Noctua itynx Fabricius, 1787 Phalaena Noctua feducia Stoll, 1790 Sericia parvipennis Walker, 1858

Speiredonia itynx is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Java, Palawan, Sulawesi and the Moluccas.

Description

Their wingspan ranges from 64 to 78 mm. The middle loop of the forewing is produced inwards almost to the discocellulars. There is a rufous spot found on the cell. Specimens very greatly in colour and spots. Some have purplish-grey patches on both wings, and some have ochreous patches on disk and centre of margin of both wings. Another morph has ochreous or white suffusion on sub-marginal area of forewings and postmedial area of hindwings.

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.
2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
3. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Speiredonia Hübner". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 22, 2019.

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Speiredonia itynx at Wikimedia Commons

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