Biology:Spilosoma semperi
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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. semperi
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| Spilosoma semperi (Rothschild, 1910)
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Spilosoma semperi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found on Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.[1]
Description
Male
Head and thorax pale fulvous yellow; palpi crimson, black at tips; sides of frons and antennae black; pectus in front blackish, some blackish and crimson below shoulders; fore coxae crimson; (legs wanting); abdomen crimson, the ventral surface pale ochreous, lateral series of slight blackish points. Forewing pale ochreous yellow; small postmedial black spots above and below vein 1. Hindwing yellowish white, the inner area rather yellower; a small black discoidal spot. Underside of forewing with black discoidal lunule and oblique blackish postmedial striae from vein 5 to below vein 3; hindwing with the costal area yellower.
The wingspan is 44 mm.[2]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (June 11, 2020). "Spilarctia semperi (Rothschild, 1910)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/spilarctia/#semperi. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ↑ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum S.v2 (1920)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Taxonomy Browser: Spilosoma semperi". http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=641728. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Spilosoma semperi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=45398.
Wikidata ☰ Q7577331 entry
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