Spilosoma latiradiata

Spilosoma latiradiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Spilosoma
Species:	S. latiradiata
Binomial name
	Spilosoma latiradiata; (Hampson, 1901)
Synonyms
	Diacrisia latiradiata Hampson, 1901[1];

Spilosoma latiradiata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in South Africa and Zambia.[2]

Description of the female

Head and thorax yellow tinged with olive brown; palpi, lower part of frons, antennae, a broad stripe on vertex of thorax, pectus, and legs deep black; abdomen orange above, with segmental black bands expanding into dorsal spots, a lateral series of black spots connected with the black ventral surface which has a series of orange spots reduced towards extremity. Forewing fulvous orange, with deep black fascia nearly filling the cell, submedian interspace, and the interspaces beyond the cell; a slight postmedial black streak above inner margin. Hindwing fuscous black, the base yellowish, the cilia yellow.

Wingspan 46 mm.[3]

gollark: ARing.

gollark: Razorcrests?

gollark: Maybe we'll learn one day that the trick to NDs is just to use, I don't know, the blue "ravenclaw" ones which are so generic I can't remember the name.

gollark: Probably.

gollark: I'm going to try and hatch the stupid thing.

References

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum v3 plates (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Spilosoma latiradiata (Hampson, 1901)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum v.3 (1913) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma latiradiata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.

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[1] Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum v3 plates (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Spilosoma latiradiata (Hampson, 1901)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 1, 2018.

[3] Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum v.3 (1913) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.