Spilosoma latiradiata

Spilosoma latiradiata
Diacrisia latiradiata [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Spilosoma
Species: S. latiradiata
Binomial name
Spilosoma latiradiata
(Hampson, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia latiradiata Hampson, 1901

Spilosoma latiradiata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hampson in 1901. It is found in South Africa and Zambia.[2]

Description

Female

Head and thorax yellow tinged with olive-brown; palpi, lower part of frons, antennae, a broad stripe on vertex of thorax, pectus, and legs deep black; abdomen orange above, with segmental black bands expanding into dorsal spots, a lateral series of black spots connected with the black ventral surface which has a series of orange spots reduced towards extremity. Fore wing fulvous orange, with deep black fascia nearly filling the cell, submedian interspace, and the interspaces beyond the cell; a slight postmedial black streak above inner margin. Hind wing fuscous black, the base yellowish, the cilia yellow.

Exp. 46 millim.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum v3 plates (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum v.3 (1913) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma latiradiata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.


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