Spilosoma wilemani
Spilosoma wilemani is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1914. It is found in Taiwan and Japan's southern Ryukyu Islands.[1]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Spilosoma |
| Species: | S. wilemani |
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| Spilosoma wilemani (Rothschild, 1914) | |
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Description
Antenna of male serrate on upperside, pectinate on lower.
Male
Head and thorax rufous; palpi crimson at base, black at tips; lower part of frons black; antennae black; a crimson bar behind the eyes; fore coxae and the femora above crimson, the tibiae and tarsi black above; abdomen crimson, the ventral surface rufous, dorsal and lateral series of small black spots except at base and extremity. Forewing rufous; a small antemedial black spot above vein l; an oblique series of black points from below apex to inner margin beyond middle, almost obsolete from below vein 6 to above 2; slight subterminal black points between veins 5 and 3. Hindwing crimson; a minute discoidal black point; cilia pale at tips. Underside of forewing crimson.
Female
Frons black at sides only; hindwing with black discoidal spot and subterminal spots below vein 2 and on vein 1 nearer termen; underside of forewing with black discoidal spot.
The wingspan for the male is 30 mm and for the female it is 60 mm.[2]
References
- Savela, Markku. "Spilarctia wilemani (Rothschild, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
- Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum S.v2 (1920)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma wilemani". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.