Spilosoma erythrophleps
Spilosoma erythrophleps is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1894. It is found in Assam, India.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Spilosoma |
| Species: | S. erythrophleps |
| Binomial name | |
| Spilosoma erythrophleps Hampson, 1894 | |
Description
Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish orange; palpi and frons black; collar and tegulae with paired black spots; abdomen with dorsal black bands and patch on terminal segment. Forewing orange, the veins scarlet; numerous black spots in the interspaces; a black streak from base through the cell to near outer margin. Hindwing pale ochreous; medial and postmedial maculate black bands conjoined into a large patch in cell; a marginal series of spots with one inside it on vein 5.
Its habitat is in the Naga Hills at 6,000 feet (1,800 m) (Doherty). Wingspan 52 mm.[2]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma erythrophleps". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma (1892)
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- Spilosoma erythrophleps at BOLD
- Spilosoma erythrophleps at BHL
- Spilosoma erythrophleps at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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