Lymire nitens

Lymire nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Lymire
Species:	L. nitens
Binomial name
	Lymire nitens; (Rothschild, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
	Trichodesma nitens Rothschild, 1912;

Lymire nitens is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1912. It is found in Venezuela.

The length of the forewings is about 20 mm. The forewings are black-brown with a broad cinnamon-buff oblique band beyond the cell. The hindwings are black, very strongly glossed with purple.[2]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lymire nitens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
Novitates Zoologicae

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lymire nitens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.

[2] Novitates Zoologicae