Spilosoma curvilinea

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Spilosoma curvilinea
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From the Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. curvilinea
Binomial name
Spilosoma curvilinea
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Estigmene senegalensisRothschild, 1933
  • Diacrisia curvilinea ab. obsoletilineaStrand, 1919

Spilosoma curvilinea is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, the Gambia and Uganda. [1]

Description

In 1920 George F. Hampson described Diacrisia curvilinea, writing:

Dull yellowish white; palpi, frons, and basal joint of antennae orange, the palpi at sides and branches of antennae black; pectus and legs orange, the tibiae and tarsi striped with black; abdomen orange. Fore wing with black antemedial line slightly excurved below costa; a medial line with spot on it at upper angle of cell, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique and sinuous; a sinuous postmedial line excurved between veins 5 and 3; cilia yellowish; the lines sometimes much reduced and partially obsolete. Hind wing yellowish white, with black discoidal spot.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines obsolete. — Gambia, Coll. Druce.

Hab. Lagos (Strahan), 12; Gambia (Moloney); Congo (Curror), 1 m, 1 f type. Exp., m 32, f 38 millim. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855". Afromoths. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  2. ↑ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum v.3 (1901) PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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