Spilosoma castelli

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Spilosoma castelli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. castelli
Binomial name
Spilosoma castelli
Rothschild, 1933

Spilosoma castelli is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1933. It is found in Senegal and Nigeria. [1]

Subspecies

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References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. Spilosoma castelli at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms