Spilosoma latiradiata
Spilosoma latiradiata | |
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Diacrisia latiradiata [1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Spilosoma |
Species: | S. latiradiata |
Binomial name | |
Spilosoma latiradiata (Hampson, 1901) | |
Synonyms | |
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Spilosoma latiradiata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hampson in 1901. It is found in South Africa and Zambia.[2]
Description
Female
Head and thorax yellow tinged with olive-brown; palpi, lower part of frons, antennae, a broad stripe on vertex of thorax, pectus, and legs deep black; abdomen orange above, with segmental black bands expanding into dorsal spots, a lateral series of black spots connected with the black ventral surface which has a series of orange spots reduced towards extremity. Fore wing fulvous orange, with deep black fascia nearly filling the cell, submedian interspace, and the interspaces beyond the cell; a slight postmedial black streak above inner margin. Hind wing fuscous black, the base yellowish, the cilia yellow.
Exp. 46 millim.[3]
References
- ↑ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum v3 plates (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum v.3 (1913) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.