Eilema trispilota

Eilema trispilota is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Max Saalmüller in 1880. It is found on Madagascar.[1]

Eilema trispilota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Eilema
Species:
E.trispilota
Binomial name
Eilema trispilota
(Saalmüller, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Sozusa trispilota Saalmüller, 1880
  • Lithosia trispilota Saalmüller, 1880
  • Eilema pulvigera Toulgoët, 1954

This species has a wingspan of 28–32 mm (1.1–1.3 in).[2]

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Eilema trispilota (Saalmüller, 1880)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  2. Saalmüller, M. 1880. Neue Lepidopteren aus Madagascar, die sich in Museum der Senckenberg'schen naturforschenden Gesellschaft befinden. – Bericht über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt a.M. 1879–1880: 258–310. (on page 163/4, ref. 391, fig. 84).


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