Lyclene pudibunda is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen in 1880. It is found on Sumatra and Borneo and in the north-eastern Himalayas.[2] It is found in a wide range of habitats, including secondary vegetation, dipterocarp forests and heath forests in the lowlands, as well as lower montane forests.[3]

Lyclene pudibunda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lyclene
Species:
L. pudibunda
Binomial name
Lyclene pudibunda
(Snellen, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Setina pudibunda Snellen, 1880[1]

References edit

  • Snellen, P. C. T.; Snelleman, Joh. F. Natuurlijke Historie: Achtste Afdeeling - Lepidoptera. Midden-Sumatra, 1881-1892 (in Dutch). p. 38 – via Internet Archive.
  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lyclene pudibunda​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Lyclene pudibunda (Snellen, 1880)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  3. ^ "Lyclene pudibunda Snellen comb. n". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 27, 2018.