Lyces striata

Lyces striata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Lyces
Species: L. striata
Binomial name
Lyces striata
(Druce, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Josia ampliflava Warren, 1901
  • Josia discipuncta Hering, 1928
  • Josia striata Druce, 1885

Lyces striata is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is endemic to the Pacific slope of Ecuador and Colombia.

It is engaged in mimicry with the arctiid Crocomela erectistria.

Larvae have been reared on Passiflora chelidonea.

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