Spilosoma ericsoni
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Spilosoma |
| Species: | S. ericsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Spilosoma ericsoni (Semper, 1899)
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Spilosoma ericsoni is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Georg Semper in 1899. It is found on Borneo.[1]
Males have red forewings and immaculate hindwings. Both wings grade distinctively yellowish at the margin. The forewings of the females are less red and have large black spots in the first two spaces from the dorsum. The hindwings of the female have yellow fringes.[2]
It is considered by some sources to be in genus Spilarctia.
References[]
- ^ Spilarctia ericonsi at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ The Moths of Borneo
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma ericsoni". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
Categories:
- Moths described in 1899
- Spilosoma
- Spilosoma stubs