Spilosoma togoensis

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Spilosoma togoensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. togoensis
Binomial name
Spilosoma togoensis
Bartel, 1903
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma impunctataRothschild, 1933
  • Diacrisia togoensisRothschild, 1910

Spilosoma togoensis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Max Bartel in 1903. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Togo. [1]

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Description

Male

Head, thorax, and abdomen deep orange; palpi with the 3rd joint black; antennae black, except basal joint; tarsi black above; abdomen with dorsal series of black spots except on basal segment, the spot on terminal segment larger, a lateral series of small spots and sublateral series of points except on basal and terminal segments. Forewing fulvous orange with black discoidal point. Hindwing deep orange with elliptical black discoidal spot. Underside orange; forewing with the retinaculum black, both wings with elliptical discoidal spot.

Wingspan 40–43 mm. [2]

Subspecies

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References

  1. ↑ Afro Moths
  2. ↑ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum S.v2 (1920) PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma togoensis ssp. impunctata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.


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