Spilosoma mediopunctata

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Spilosoma mediopunctata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. mediopunctata
Binomial name
Spilosoma mediopunctata
(Pagenstecher, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Amsacta mediopunctataPagenstecher, 1903
  • Estigmene mediopunctataHampson, 1920

Spilosoma mediopunctata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Arnold Pagenstecher in 1903. It is found in Ethiopia and Somalia. [1]

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Description

Female

Head, thorax, and abdomen orange yellow; antennae black, except basal joint; abdomen with lateral series of black points and two small sublateral spots towards extremity. Forewing pale yellow; a subbasal black point in cell, points in upper and lower angles of cell and two beyond lower angle. Hindwing pale yellow with black discoidal spot.

Wingspan 28 mm. [2]

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References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum S.2 (1920) PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.