Spilosoma semperi

Spilosoma semperi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found on Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.[1]

Spilosoma semperi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. semperi
Binomial name
Spilosoma semperi
(Rothschild, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia semperi Rothschild, 1910
  • Spilarctia semperi

Description

Male

Head and thorax pale fulvous yellow; palpi crimson, black at tips; sides of frons and antennae black; pectus in front blackish, some blackish and crimson below shoulders; fore coxae crimson; (legs wanting); abdomen crimson, the ventral surface pale ochreous, lateral series of slight blackish points. Forewing pale ochreous yellow; small postmedial black spots above and below vein 1. Hindwing yellowish white, the inner area rather yellower; a small black discoidal spot. Underside of forewing with black discoidal lunule and oblique blackish postmedial striae from vein 5 to below vein 3; hindwing with the costal area yellower.

The wingspan is 44 mm.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 11, 2020). "Spilarctia semperi (Rothschild, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  2. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum S.v2 (1920)Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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