Spilosoma baxteri

Spilosoma baxteri is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania.[1]

Spilosoma baxteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. baxteri
Binomial name
Spilosoma baxteri
(Rothschild, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Amsacta baxteri Rothschild, 1910

Description

(Male) Head and thorax yellow, the head and tegulæ tinged with orange; palpi black above; antennas black; legs suffused with fuscous; abdomen black, the base, sides of terminal segments, and anal tuft yellow. Forewing yellow, the costa towards apex and apical half of termen brownish. Hindwing pale yellow.

Hab. "Gehii. E. A.frica," Mpapua (Baxter), type (male) in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 46 millim.[2]

gollark: It's just a state monad but the state is the entire real world.
gollark: But you can't give it two Monad instances. So you would have to have a wrapper type. At which point just make a `swap` function.
gollark: I guess so, as it *is* symmetrical and all.
gollark: The equipment is mostly capable of both.
gollark: I suppose I could retask the e factories for τ production.

References
  1. Afro Moths
  2. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum Supplement v.2 (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma baxteri". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  • Spilosoma baxteri at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Amsacta baxteri at Novitates Zoologicae


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