Spilosoma fuscipennis
Spilosoma fuscipennis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1894. It is found in the Himalayas.[1]
Spilosoma fuscipennis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Spilosoma |
Species: | S. fuscipennis |
Binomial name | |
Spilosoma fuscipennis Hampson, 1894 | |
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Description
Female
Antennae with the branches very short; thorax and abdomen dark reddish brown; palpi, frons at sides, and antennae black; legs streaked with blackish; abdomen with dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of blackish points. Forewing fuscous brown; an indistinct curved antemedial line; an obscure discoidal point; the indistinct postmedial line angled at lower angle of cell, then strongly incurved. Hindwing pale greyish brown, with obscure discoidal point.
The female's wingspan is 48 mm.[2]
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References
- Spilosoma fuscipennis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum v.3 (1901)
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- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma fuscipennis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
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