Spilosoma fuscipennis

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Spilosoma fuscipennis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. fuscipennis
Binomial name
Spilosoma fuscipennis
Hampson, 1894
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma fuscipenneHampson, 1894
  • Diacrisia fuscipennisHampson, 1901

Spilosoma fuscipennis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1894. It is found in the Himalayas. [1]

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Description

Female

Antennae with the branches very short; thorax and abdomen dark reddish brown; palpi, frons at sides, and antennae black; legs streaked with blackish; abdomen with dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of blackish points. Forewing fuscous brown; an indistinct curved antemedial line; an obscure discoidal point; the indistinct postmedial line angled at lower angle of cell, then strongly incurved. Hindwing pale greyish brown, with obscure discoidal point.

The female's wingspan is 48 mm. [2]

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References

  1. Spilosoma fuscipennis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum v.3 (1901) PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.