Spilosoma erythrozona

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Spilosoma erythrozona
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. erythrozona
Binomial name
Spilosoma erythrozona
(Kollar, [1844])
Synonyms
  • Euprepia erythrozonaKollar, [1844]
  • Diacrisia erythrozona
  • Spilosoma cognataWalker, 1869

Spilosoma erythrozona is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Vincenz Kollar in 1844. It is found in China (south-western Xinjiang, Tibet), eastern Afghanistan and Himalayas. [1]

Description

Head and thorax white; abdomen crimson above with black bands; white below, with two series of black spots. Wings white, some specimens with traces of a spot at end of cell and sub-marginal spots to both wings. Hab. JM. VV. Himalayas; Kashmir. Wingspan of the male 40 mm, female 46 mm. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Spilosoma erythrozona (Kollar, [1844])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 14, 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma (1892) PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.