Spilosoma latiradiata

Spilosoma latiradiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Spilosoma
Species:	S. latiradiata
Binomial name
	Spilosoma latiradiata; (Hampson, 1901)
Synonyms
	Diacrisia latiradiata Hampson, 1901;

Spilosoma latiradiata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in South Africa and Zambia.^[2]

Description of the female[]

Head and thorax yellow tinged with olive brown; palpi, lower part of frons, antennae, a broad stripe on vertex of thorax, pectus, and legs deep black; abdomen orange above, with segmental black bands expanding into dorsal spots, a lateral series of black spots connected with the black ventral surface which has a series of orange spots reduced towards extremity. Forewing fulvous orange, with deep black fascia nearly filling the cell, submedian interspace, and the interspaces beyond the cell; a slight postmedial black streak above inner margin. Hindwing fuscous black, the base yellowish, the cilia yellow.

Wingspan 46 mm.^[3]

References[]

^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum v3 plates (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Spilosoma latiradiata (Hampson, 1901)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum v.3 (1913) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links[]

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma latiradiata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.

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[1] Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum v3 plates (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Spilosoma latiradiata (Hampson, 1901)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 1, 2018.

[3] Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum v.3 (1913) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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