''Speiredonia cthulhui'' is a species of

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 Alberto Zilli and Jeremy D. Holloway in 2005. It is found on

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

. 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.

References

Moths described in 2005 Speiredonia {{Hulodini-stub