Spilosoma wilemani

Spilosoma wilemani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Spilosoma
Species:	S. wilemani
Binomial name
	Spilosoma wilemani; (Rothschild, 1914)
Synonyms
	Diacrisia wilemani Rothschild, 1914; Spilarctia wilemani; Aloa vivida Wileman, 1910; Spilosoma vivida Hampson, 1920;

Spilosoma wilemani is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1914. It is found in Taiwan and Japan's southern Ryukyu Islands.^[1]

Description[]

Antenna of male serrate on upperside, pectinate on lower.

Male[]

Head and thorax rufous; palpi crimson at base, black at tips; lower part of frons black; antennae black; a crimson bar behind the eyes; fore coxae and the femora above crimson, the tibiae and tarsi black above; abdomen crimson, the ventral surface rufous, dorsal and lateral series of small black spots except at base and extremity. Forewing rufous; a small antemedial black spot above vein l; an oblique series of black points from below apex to inner margin beyond middle, almost obsolete from below vein 6 to above 2; slight subterminal black points between veins 5 and 3. Hindwing crimson; a minute discoidal black point; cilia pale at tips. Underside of forewing crimson.

Female[]

Frons black at sides only; hindwing with black discoidal spot and subterminal spots below vein 2 and on vein 1 nearer termen; underside of forewing with black discoidal spot.

The wingspan for the male is 30 mm and for the female it is 60 mm.^[2]

References[]

^ Savela, Markku. "Spilarctia wilemani (Rothschild, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae 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 wilemani". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Spilarctia wilemani (Rothschild, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 29, 2019.

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

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