Spilosoma pales

Spilosoma pales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Spilosoma
Species: S. pales
Binomial name
Spilosoma pales
(Druce, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia pales 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. ↑ 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.
  • Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma pales". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  • Spilosoma pales at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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