Spilosoma melanimon
Spilosoma melanimon is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1880. It is found in Madagascar.[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. melanimon |
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| Spilosoma melanimon Mabille, 1880 | |
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Description
Female
Head and thorax deep red brown; basal joint of antennæ orange; femora orange above; abdomen orange, with short dorsal black bands, the ventral surface red brown. Forewing deep red brown, with the costal edge orange. Hindwing fuscous black; the costal area orange yellow to near apex, emitting a small discoidal lunule; the inner margin and cilia yellow.
Wingspan 38 mm.[2]
References
- Afro Moths
- Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum V.3 (1901)
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- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma melanimon". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- Spilosoma melanimon at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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