Biology:Spilosoma pales

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Short description: Species of moth

Spilosoma pales
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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. pales
Binomial name
Spilosoma pales
(H. Druce, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia pales H. Druce, 1910

Spilosoma pales is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.[1]

Description

The male was described as: head and thorax deep orange, on the latter shading to yellow behind; palpi black except at base; antennae black; fore femora except above and the tibiae and tarsi black; abdomen orange yellow with large dorsal black patch except on basal and terminal segments, extending at middle to the lateral line, and a ventral grey patch except on basal and terminal segments. Forewing uniform yellow. Hindwing pale semihyaline (almost-glassy) yellow; the underside with the costal area deeper yellow.

Wingspan 48 mm.[2]

References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Spilosoma pales (Druce, 1910)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/SPILPALE. Retrieved January 5, 2020. 
  2. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum S.2 (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13524076 entry