Spilosoma euryphlebia

Spilosoma euryphlebia is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1903. It is found in South Africa.[1]

Spilosoma euryphlebia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. euryphlebia
Binomial name
Spilosoma euryphlebia
(Hampson, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia euryphlebia Hampson, 1903

Description

Male

Head and thorax yellowish white; palpi, a patch on frons, tegulae, patagia, and dorsal stripe on thorax black; pectus and stripes on legs black; mid and hind femora orange above; abdomen orange with dorsal black bands, lateral stripes and ventral series of spots. Forewing yellowish white; the veins rather broadly striped with black especially the medial part of vein 1; narrow stripes in cell and submedian fold; cilia yellow. Hindwing orange vellow.

Wingspan 38 mm.[2]

gollark: Just in time compilation.
gollark: Depends who(m) you ask.
gollark: There is.
gollark: <@319753218592866315> 13GB in total.
gollark: There are SIXTEEN of them, <@319753218592866315>.

References
  1. Afro Moths
  2. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum S.v2 (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Spilosoma euryphlebia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma euryphlebia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.