Spilosoma melanopsis

Spilosoma melanopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Spilosoma
Species:	S. melanopsis
Binomial name
	Spilosoma melanopsis; (Walker, [1865])
Synonyms
	Arctia melanopsis Walker, [1865]; Rhodareas melanopsis; Areas melanopsis; Pericallia melanopsis; Aloa callisoma Felder, 1874;

Spilosoma melanopsis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Sri Lanka.^[1]

Description[]

Antennae of male has short branches. Head and thorax ochreous, frons black, palpi crimson and black above. Paired black spots can be seen on shoulders and tegulae. Abdomen crimson in both sexes above and whitish below with a dorsal and two paired lateral series of black spots. Thorax ventrally and femur are crimson colored. Forewings are ochreous. A fuscous oblique band runs from costa to beyond the middle of the center of inner margin. Hindwing ochreous. The inner area suffused with crimson color. Cilia of both wings are whitish.^[2]

References[]

^ Savela, Markku. "Rhodareas melanopsis (Walker, [1865])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
Pericallia melanopsis at the Biodiversity Heritage Library

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Rhodareas melanopsis (Walker, [1865])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 22, 2019.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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