''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 ...

of the family Erebidae first described by Alberto Zilli and Jeremy D. Holloway in 2005. It is found on

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

. 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.

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Moths described in 2005 Speiredonia {{Hulodini-stub