Spilosoma holoxantha

Spilosoma holoxantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Spilosoma
Species:	S. holoxantha
Binomial name
	Spilosoma holoxantha; (Hampson, 1907)
Synonyms
	Diacrisia holoxantha Hampson, 1907;

Spilosoma holoxantha is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1907. It is found in Nigeria and Uganda.^[1]

Description[]

In 1920 Hampson described a female as:

Head and thorax brownish orange; palpi black at tips; fore and mid-tibiae black, hind tibiae black at base and extremity, the tarsi black; abdomen bright orange with dorsal, lateral, and sub-lateral series of black points. Fore wing uniform brownish orange. Hind wing orange-yellow. Underside of both wings with blackish discoidal points and terminal points above and below vein 5. Hab. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar (Sampson), 1 F type. Exp. 44 millim.^[2]

References[]

^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Spilosoma holoxantha (Hampson, 1907)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum Supplement v.2 (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 holoxantha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Spilosoma holoxantha (Hampson, 1907)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 31, 2018.

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

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