Spilosoma metaleuca

Spilosoma metaleuca is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1905. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Nigeria and Sudan.[1]

Spilosoma metaleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. metaleuca
Binomial name
Spilosoma metaleuca
(Hampson, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia metaleuca Hampson, 1905

Description

Head and thorax orange yellow; abdomen orange yellow, white at base and with ill-defined dorsal fuscous hands. Forewing uniform orange yellow. Hindwing pure white.

The wingspan for the male is 28 mm and the female is 36 mm.[2]

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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.
  • Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma metaleuca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  • Spilosoma metaleuca at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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