Biology:Spilosoma baxteri

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Short description: Species of moth

Spilosoma baxteri
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. baxteri
Binomial name
Spilosoma baxteri
(Rothschild, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Amsacta baxteri Rothschild, 1910

Spilosoma baxteri is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania.[1]

Description

(Male) Head and thorax yellow, the head and tegulæ tinged with orange; palpi black above; antennas black; legs suffused with fuscous; abdomen black, the base, sides of terminal segments, and anal tuft yellow. Forewing yellow, the costa towards apex and apical half of termen brownish. Hindwing pale yellow.

Hab. "Gehii. E. A.frica," Mpapua (Baxter), type (male) in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 46 millim.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7577319 entry