Lygephila lupina

Lygephila lupina is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Ludwig Carl Friedrich Graeser in 1890.[1] It is found in the Russian Far East, China and Korea.

Lygephila lupina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Lygephila
Species:
L. lupina
Binomial name
Lygephila lupina
(Graeser, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Toxocampa lupina Graeser, 1890
  • Eccrita mirabilis Bryk, 1948
  • Lygephila mirabilis

The wingspan is 44–49 mm. The forewings are brownish grey with sparse dark brown irroration (speckles). The hindwings are brownish.[2]

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