Biology:Spilosoma latiradiata

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Short description: Species of moth

Spilosoma latiradiata
Spilosoma latiradiata.png
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

References

  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)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/SPILLATI. 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.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13524146 entry