Spilosoma semperi

Spilosoma semperi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Spilosoma
Species: S. semperi
Binomial name
Spilosoma semperi
(Rothschild, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia semperi Rothschild, 1910
  • Spilarctia semperi

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 oehreous 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.

Wingspan 44 mm.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Spilarctia Butler, 1875" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum S.v2 (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Spilosoma semperi at BOLD
  • Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma semperi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.


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