Spilosoma erythrozona

Spilosoma erythrozona is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Vincenz Kollar in 1844. It is found in China (south-western Xinjiang, Tibet), eastern Afghanistan and Himalayas.[1]

Spilosoma erythrozona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. erythrozona
Binomial name
Spilosoma erythrozona
(Kollar, [1844])
Synonyms
  • Euprepia erythrozona Kollar, [1844]
  • Diacrisia erythrozona
  • Spilosoma cognata Walker, 1869

Description

Head and thorax white; abdomen crimson above with black bands; white below, with two series of black spots. Wings white, some specimens with traces of a spot at end of cell and sub-marginal spots to both wings. Hab. JM. VV. Himalayas; Kashmir. Wingspan of the male 40 mm, female 46 mm.[2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Spilosoma erythrozona (Kollar, [1844])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  2. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma (1892) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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