Lygephila kazachkaratavika
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Lygephila |
| Species: | L. kazachkaratavika
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| Lygephila kazachkaratavika YuL Stshetkin & YuYu Stshetkin, 1994
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Lygephila kazachkaratavika is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by YuL Stshetkin and YuYu Stshetkin in 1994. It is found in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
The wingspan is 41–44 mm. The forewings are contrastingly marked and vary in colouration from mottled light greyish brown to uniform dark brown. The hindwings are ochreous with a distinct transverse line and a small discal spot.[1]
References[edit]
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- ^ Pekarsky, Oleg (2014). "Taxonomic studies of the Lygephila lubrica (Freyer, 1842) species complex with notes on other species in the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Toxocampinae)". ZooKeys (452): 107–129. doi:10.3897/zookeys.452.8152. PMC 4258635. PMID 25493056.
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