Speiredonia obscura (Cramer, 1780) is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Speiredonia obscura (Cramer, 1780)

Speiredonia obscura (Cramer, 1780)

Speiredonia obscura is a moth in the Erebidae family, found across a wide range of South, East, and Southeast Asia down to Oceania and Australia.

Family
Genus
Speiredonia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Speiredonia obscura (Cramer, 1780)

Speiredonia obscura is a moth species that belongs to the family Erebidae. It was first formally described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. This species has been recorded in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Taiwan, the Andaman Islands, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Palawan, and the area extending east from Sundaland to Australia, the Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, the Marianas, and the western Carolines.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Speiredonia

More from Erebidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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