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Spilosoma semperi

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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

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]

Description

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Male

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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

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  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.