Spilosoma clava

Spilosoma clava
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Spilosoma
Species:	S. clava
Binomial name
	Spilosoma clava; (Wileman, 1910)
Synonyms
	Diacrisia clava Wileman, 1910; Spilarctia clava;

Spilosoma clava is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Alfred Ernest Wileman in 1910. It is found in Taiwan.^[1]

Description[]

Female[]

Head white tinged with buff; palpi crimson at base, black at tips; frons at sides and antennae black; thorax brown buff, the patagia with black spots; pectus dark brown in front; crimson streaks below the wings; the fore coxae and femora above crimson, the tibiae and tarsi black above; abdomen crimson, the base, tip of anal tuft and ventral surface buff, a dorsal series of black bands except at base, lateral series of spots and sublateral spots on medial segments. Pore wing buff suffused with brown except at base; a black fascia on basal third of costa; a black fascia on middle of inner margin with ante- and postmedial black spots above it above vein 1; a small spot at upper angle of cell and elongate spot above it on costa; an oblique series of black points from apex to below vein 0, then an oblique brownish line to the postmedial spot above vein 1; subterminal black points above veins 1 and 3. Hindwing pale buff, the inner area slightly tinged with purplish crimson; a black discoidal spot and subterminal spots at discal told, below vein 2 and above and below vein 1. Underside of forewing with the basal half and costal area tc towards apex suffused with crimson.

Wingspan 58 mm.^[2]

References[]

^ Spilarctia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ 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 clava". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.

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[1] Spilarctia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum S.v2 (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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