Speiredonia
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Hulodini |
| Genus: | Speiredonia Hübner, [1823][1] |
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Speiredonia is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family.
Defensive display
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Some of the species, such as Speiredonia spectans, S. cthulhui, S. hogenesi, S. martabanica, S. sandokana, S. alix. S. itynx, S. levis and S. celebensis have a pattern on the wings that while the moth is at rest looks like the 3-dimensional face of a lurking animal with eyes and nostrils. This pattern is more clearly discernible in females[2] and may cause an attacking predator to hesitate or perhaps withdraw.[3]
Speiredonia spectans resting mimicking a head
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Species
- Speiredonia alix (Guenée, 1852)
- Speiredonia celebensis Hogenes & Zilli, 2005
- Speiredonia cthulhui Zilli & Holloway, 2005
- Speiredonia cymosema (Hampson, 1926)
- Speiredonia darwiniana Zilli, 2010
- Speiredonia gowa Holloway & Zilli, 2005
- Speiredonia hogenesi Zilli, 2002
- Speiredonia ibanorum Holloway & Zilli, 2005
- Speiredonia inocellata Sugi, 1996
- Speiredonia itynx Fabricius, 1787
- Speiredonia levis Holloway & Zilli, 2005
- Speiredonia martabanica Holloway & Zilli, 2005
- Speiredonia mutabilis Fabricius, 1794
- Speiredonia obscura (Cramer, 1780)
- Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holloway, 2005
- Speiredonia simplex Butler, 1877
- Speiredonia spectans – Granny's Cloak Moth (Guenée, 1852)
- Speiredonia strigiformis (Robinson, 1975)
- Speiredonia substruens (Walker, 1858)
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ An Overview Of The Genus Speiredonia With Description Of Seven New Species
- ↑ John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, Volume 4, p. 1174
External links
Data related to Speiredonia at Wikispecies
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Speiredonia at funet.fi
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