Spilosoma metaleuca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. metaleuca
Binomial name
Spilosoma metaleuca
(Hampson, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia metaleuca Hampson, 1905

Spilosoma metaleuca is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1905. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Nigeria and Sudan.[1]

Description

Head and thorax orange yellow; abdomen orange yellow, white at base and with ill-defined dorsal fuscous hands. Forewing uniform orange yellow. Hindwing pure white.

The wingspan for the male is 28 mm and the female is 36 mm.[2]

References

  1. ^ Afro Moths
  2. ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum S.v2 (1920)Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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