Lacydes spectabilis

Lacydes spectabilis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subtribe:	Callimorphina
Genus:	Lacydes
Species:	L. spectabilis
Binomial name
*Lacydes spectabilis* (Tauscher, 1806)^[1]
Synonyms
Noctua spectabilis Tauscher, 1806 Noctua spectabilis Tauscher, 1811 Diacrisia spectabilis Bombyx intercissa Freyer, 1842 Eyprepia intercissa Freyer, 1842 Bombyx incisa Freyer, 1842 Eyprepia incissa Freyer, 1842 Arctia spectabilis var. annellata Christoph, 1887 Volgarctia kendevani Schwingenschuss, 1937 Lacydes spectabilis sheljuzhkoi Dubatolov, 1996

Lacydes spectabilis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Tauscher in 1806. It is found in south-eastern Ukraine, eastern European Russia, western Siberia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Armenia, eastern Turkey, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, China (Xinjiang) and southern Mongolia.^[2]

The wingspan is about 32 mm.^[3]

Subspecies

Lacydes spectabilis spectabilis (south-eastern Ukraine, eastern European Russia, western Siberia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, China: Xinjiang, southern Mongolia)
Lacydes spectabilis annellata (Christoph, 1887) (Armenia, eastern Turkey, Kopet Dagh, Great Balkhan Mountains, Elburz Mountains)

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