Lygephila subpicata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Wiltshire in 1971.[1][failed verification] It is found in northern and western Iran.

Lygephila subpicata
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Lygephila
Species:
L. subpicata
Binomial name
Lygephila subpicata
Wiltshire, 1971
Synonyms
  • Lygephila lusoria subpicata Wiltshire, 1971

Adults differ from the sister species Lygephila pallida in the length and shape of the ampulla, and in vesica and aedeagus structure.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Lygephila lusoria (Linnaeus 1758)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016.
  2. ^ Pekarsky, Oleg (2013)."Taxonomic and morphological survey of the Lygephila lusoria (Linnaeus, 1758) species-group with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Toxocampinae)". ZooKeys. 351: 49–81. doi:10.3897/zookeys.351.5999.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.