Spilosoma erythrophleps

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Spilosoma erythrophleps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. erythrophleps
Binomial name
Spilosoma erythrophleps
Hampson, 1894

Spilosoma erythrophleps is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1894. It is found in Assam, India.[1]

Description[edit]

Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish orange; palpi and frons black; collar and tegulae with paired black spots; abdomen with dorsal black bands and patch on terminal segment. Forewing orange, the veins scarlet; numerous black spots in the interspaces; a black streak from base through the cell to near outer margin. Hindwing pale ochreous; medial and postmedial maculate black bands conjoined into a large patch in cell; a marginal series of spots with one inside it on vein 5.

Its habitat is in the Naga Hills at 6,000 feet (1,800 m) (Doherty). Wingspan 52 mm.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma erythrophleps​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  2. ^ The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma (1892)Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.