Biology:Cyme pyraula

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Short description: Species of moth

Cyme pyraula
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Cyme
Species:
C. pyraula
Binomial name
Cyme pyraula
(Meyrick, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Calligenia pyraula Meyrick, 1886
  • Asura pyraula
  • Lyclene pyraula

Cyme pyraula is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found in the Australian state of Queensland[1] and on New Guinea.[2]

Adults are orange, with a various dark lines across the forewings.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Lyclene pyraula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=36345.  Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  2. De Vos, Rob "The Tigermoths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. Papua Insects Foundation.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (19 January 2017). "Lyclene pyraula (Meyrick, 1886)". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arct/pyraula.html. Retrieved 10 October 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15637010 entry