Spilarctia inexpectata

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Spilarctia inexpectata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilarctia
Species:
S. inexpectata
Binomial name
Spilarctia inexpectata
(Rothschild, 1933)
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma inexpectataRothschild, 1933
  • Nicetosoma inexpectata(Rothschild, 1933)

Spilarctia inexpectata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1933. It is found in New Ireland in Papua New Guinea. [1]

It is considered by The Global Lepidoptera Names Index to be in the genus Spilosoma . [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Nicetosoma inexpectata (Rothschild, 1933)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma inexpectata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.