Lymire nitens
| Lymire nitens | |
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| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea | 
| Family: | Erebidae | 
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae | 
| Genus: | Lymire | 
| Species: | L. nitens | 
| Binomial name | |
| Lymire nitens (Rothschild, 1912)[1] | |
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Lymire nitens is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1912. It is found in Venezuela.
The length of the forewings is about 20 mm. The forewings are black-brown with a broad cinnamon-buff oblique band beyond the cell. The hindwings are black, very strongly glossed with purple.[2]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lymire nitens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ Novitates Zoologicae  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.