Spilosoma pales

Spilosoma pales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Spilosoma
Species:	S. pales
Binomial name
	Spilosoma pales; (H. Druce, 1910)
Synonyms
	Diacrisia pales H. Druce, 1910;

Spilosoma pales is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.[1]

Description

The male was described as: head and thorax deep orange, on the latter shading to yellow behind; palpi black except at base; antennae black; fore femora except above and the tibiae and tarsi black; abdomen orange yellow with large dorsal black patch except on basal and terminal segments, extending at middle to the lateral line, and a ventral grey patch except on basal and terminal segments. Forewing uniform yellow. Hindwing pale semihyaline (almost-glassy) yellow; the underside with the costal area deeper yellow.

Wingspan 48 mm.[2]

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References

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Spilosoma pales (Druce, 1910)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum S.2 (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 pales". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
Savela, Markku (July 26, 2019). "Spilosoma pales (Druce, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 5, 2020.

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Spilosoma pales (Druce, 1910)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 5, 2020.

[2] Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum S.2 (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.