''Lygephila amasina'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

first described by

Otto Staudinger Otto Staudinger (2 May 1830 – 13 October 1900) was a German entomologist and a natural history dealer considered one of the largest in the world specialising in the collection and sale of insects to museums, scientific institutions, and indi ...

in 1878. It is found in

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and

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Adults can be distinguished from similar '' Lygephila lusoria lusoria'' by the more contrasting wing pattern and the somewhat longer inner corner of the reniform stigmata.Pekarsky, Oleg (2013
"Taxonomic and morphological survey of the ''Lygephila lusoria'' (Linnaeus, 1758) species-group with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Toxocampinae)"
''ZooKeys''. 351: 49–81. .

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External links

"08927a ''Lygephila amasina'' (Staudinger, 1877)"
''Lepiforum e.V.'' Retrieved December 6, 2019. Moths described in 1878 Toxocampina Moths of Europe Taxa named by Otto Staudinger {{Catocalini-stub