Biology:Spilosoma melanimon
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Short description: Species of moth
Spilosoma melanimon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Spilosoma |
Species: | S. melanimon
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Binomial name | |
Spilosoma melanimon Mabille, 1880
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Spilosoma melanimon is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1880. It is found in Madagascar .[1]
Description
Female
Head and thorax deep red brown; basal joint of antennæ orange; femora orange above; abdomen orange, with short dorsal black bands, the ventral surface red brown. Forewing deep red brown, with the costal edge orange. Hindwing fuscous black; the costal area orange yellow to near apex, emitting a small discoidal lunule; the inner margin and cilia yellow.
Wingspan 38 mm.[2]
References
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum V.3 (1901) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Spilosoma melanimon". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=45126.
- Spilosoma melanimon at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Wikidata ☰ Q13524120 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spilosoma melanimon.
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