Lygephila amasina

Lygephila amasina
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Toxocampinae
Genus: Lygephila
Species: L. amasina
Binomial name
Lygephila amasina
(Staudinger, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Toxocampa amasina Staudinger 1878

Lygephila amasina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Turkey, Lebanon and Israel.

Adults can be distinguished from similar Lygephila lusoria lusoria by the more contrasting wing pattern and the somewhat longer inner corner of the reniform stigmata. [2]

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