Lyclene hollowai

Lyclene hollowai is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Jagbir Singh Kirti and Navneet Singh Gill in 2009 and can be found in Gujarat, India.

Lyclene hollowai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lyclene
Species:
L. hollowai
Binomial name
Lyclene hollowai
Kirti & Gill, 2009

The wingspan is about 22 mm.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Dr Jeremy D. Holloway.[1]

References

  1. Kirti, Jagbir Singh & Gill, Navneet Singh (2009). "Description of four new species of the genus Lyclene Moore (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae) from India". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 52B (1-2): 109-118, doi:10.3409/azc.52b_1-2.109-118. Accessed on-line Feb. 20, 2022.


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