Speiredonia
| Speiredonia | |
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| Speiredonia spectans | |
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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
Further information: Deimatic behaviour and Deception in animals
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 |
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
- ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". taxapad.com. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ↑ 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 Speiredonia at Wikimedia Commons- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Speiredonia at funet.fi
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