Spilosoma pellucida

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Spilosoma pellucida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. pellucida
Binomial name
Spilosoma pellucida
(Rothschild, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia pellucidaRothschild, 1910

Spilosoma pellucida is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Ghana. [1]

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Description

Male

Head and thorax ochreous with a fulvous tinge; antennae with the branches brown; abdomen pale yellow with a fulvous tinge. Forewing hyaline, the veins, costal and inner areas brownish ochreous; a small round black discoidal spot. Hindwing hyaline, the veins, costal and inner areas, and the termen ochreous.

Wingspan 38 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.