Spilosoma mediopunctata

Spilosoma mediopunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Spilosoma
Species: S. mediopunctata
Binomial name
Spilosoma mediopunctata
(Pagenstecher, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Amsacta mediopunctata Pagenstecher, 1903
  • Estigmene mediopunctata Hampson, 1920

Spilosoma mediopunctata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Arnold Pagenstecher in 1903. It is found in Ethiopia and Somalia.[1]

Description

Female

Head, thorax, and abdomen orange yellow; antennae black, except basal joint; abdomen with lateral series of black points and two small sublateral spots towards extremity. Forewing pale yellow; a subbasal black point in cell, points in upper and lower angles of cell and two beyond lower angle. Hindwing pale yellow with black discoidal spot.

Wingspan 28 mm.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Afro Moths
  2. ↑ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum S.2 (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Spilosoma mediopunctata at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma mediopunctata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.


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