Spilosoma erythrophleps | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Spilosoma |
Species: | S. erythrophleps |
Binomial name | |
Spilosoma erythrophleps Hampson, 1894 | |
Spilosoma erythrophleps is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1894. It is found in Assam, India. [1]
Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish orange; palpi and frons black; collar and tegulae with paired black spots; abdomen with dorsal black bands and patch on terminal segment. Forewing orange, the veins scarlet; numerous black spots in the interspaces; a black streak from base through the cell to near outer margin. Hindwing pale ochreous; medial and postmedial maculate black bands conjoined into a large patch in cell; a marginal series of spots with one inside it on vein 5.
Its habitat is in the Naga Hills at 6,000 feet (1,800 m) (Doherty). Wingspan 52 mm. [2]
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