Biology:Spilosoma rubidus

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Short description: Species of moth

Spilosoma rubidus
Spilosoma rubidus.png
Mémoires sur les lépidoptères (1897)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. rubidus
Binomial name
Spilosoma rubidus
(Leech, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Dionychopus rubidus Leech, 1890
  • Spilosoma leucoptera Alphéraky, 1897

Spilosoma rubidus is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1890. It is found in China (Beijing, Hubei, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Hebei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Jilin, Shanxi, Henan, Guangxi, Heilongjiang) and Taiwan.[1]

The Global Lepidoptera Names Index[2] considers Spilosoma rubidus to be a synonym for Spilosoma alba. See Spilarctia alba.

References

  1. Dubatolov, V. V. & Kishida, Y. (2005). "What is true Chelonia alba Bremer & Grey, [1852]? (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)". Tinea. 18 (4): 270-275.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Spilosoma alba". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=44827. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15682542 entry