Spilosoma extrema

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Spilosoma extrema
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. extrema
Binomial name
Spilosoma extrema
Daniel, 1943
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma menthastri extrema Daniel, 1943
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda extrema

Spilosoma extrema is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Franz Daniel in 1943. It is found in Yunnan, China. [1]

Note: Lepindex lists a Spilosoma extrema Bannerman, 1933 as a synonym of Spilosoma purpurata. [2]

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References

  1. "Spilosoma Curtis, 1825" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma purpurata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 14, 2018.