Speiredonia cthulhui is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Alberto Zilli and Jeremy D. Holloway in 2005. It is found on New Guinea.
Speiredonia cthulhui | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Speiredonia |
Species: | S. cthulhui
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Binomial name | |
Speiredonia cthulhui Zilli & Holloway, 2005
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The length of the forewings is 26.5 mm for males and 25.5 mm for females.
It is named after the Cthulhu, a fictional creature created by author H. P. Lovecraft.[1]