Biology:Spilosoma erythrophleps
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Short description: Species of moth
| Spilosoma erythrophleps | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Spilosoma |
| Species: | S. erythrophleps
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| Binomial name | |
| Spilosoma erythrophleps Hampson, 1894
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Spilosoma erythrophleps is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1894. It is found in Assam, India .[1]
Description
Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish orange; palpi and frons black; collar and tegulae with paired black spots; abdomen with dorsal black bands and patch on terminal segment. Forewing orange, the veins scarlet; numerous black spots in the interspaces; a black streak from base through the cell to near outer margin. Hindwing pale ochreous; medial and postmedial maculate black bands conjoined into a large patch in cell; a marginal series of spots with one inside it on vein 5.
Its habitat is in the Naga Hills at 6,000 feet (1,800 m) (Doherty). Wingspan 52 mm.[2]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Spilosoma erythrophleps". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=44931.
- ↑ The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma (1892)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Spilosoma erythrophleps at BOLD
- Spilosoma erythrophleps at BHL
- Spilosoma erythrophleps at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Wikidata ☰ Q13524211 entry
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