Spilosoma pelopea

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Spilosoma pelopea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. pelopea
Binomial name
Spilosoma pelopea
(H. Druce, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Euchaetes pelopeaH. Druce, 1897
  • Diacrisia pelopea

Spilosoma pelopea is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1897. It is found in Mexico. [1]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (July 26, 2019). "Spilosoma pelopea (Druce, 1897)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 5, 2020.