Spilosoma fusifrons

Spilosoma fusifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Spilosoma
Species:	S. fusifrons
Binomial name
	Spilosoma fusifrons; Walker, [1865]

Spilosoma fusifrons is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in southern India.^[1]

Description

Female

White. Head in front and palpi brown. Thorax with six black dots. Abdomen pale luteous, with three rows of black spots. Forewings with many irregular black spots, and with a black excavated middle band. Hindwings with a black discal spot, and with a macular submarginal black band; underside with a black interior patch extending from the costa to the disk. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 18 lines.^[2]

References

↑ "Spilosoma Curtis, 1825" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum Part 31 (1864) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

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[1] "Spilosoma Curtis, 1825" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum Part 31 (1864) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.