| Spilosoma crossi | |
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| Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum (1920) | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Spilosoma |
| Species: | S. crossi
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| Binomial name | |
| Spilosoma crossi (
Rothschild, 1910)
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| Synonyms | |
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Spilosoma crossi is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Nigeria and Gambia. [1]
Description
Diacrisia crossi, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 141 (1910).
(Male) Head and thorax ochreous tinged with brown; antennae black-brown; palpi, pectus, and legs dark reddish brown, some yellow hair below shoulders, the femora yellow above; abdomen orange-yellow with brownish dorsal streak except on terminal segments, the ventral surface red-brown. Fore wing ochreous tinged with red-brown. Hind wing pale ochreous yellow, the underside tinged with red-brown except on inner area.
Hab. Gambia, Bathurst; S. Nigeria, Assaba (Crosse), type male in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 32 millim. [2]
References
- ^ Afro Moths
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Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ 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 crossi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- Spilosoma crossi at BHL
| Spilosoma crossi | |
|---|---|
|
| |
| Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum (1920) | |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Spilosoma |
| Species: | S. crossi
|
| Binomial name | |
| Spilosoma crossi (
Rothschild, 1910)
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Spilosoma crossi is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Nigeria and Gambia. [1]
Description
Diacrisia crossi, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 141 (1910).
(Male) Head and thorax ochreous tinged with brown; antennae black-brown; palpi, pectus, and legs dark reddish brown, some yellow hair below shoulders, the femora yellow above; abdomen orange-yellow with brownish dorsal streak except on terminal segments, the ventral surface red-brown. Fore wing ochreous tinged with red-brown. Hind wing pale ochreous yellow, the underside tinged with red-brown except on inner area.
Hab. Gambia, Bathurst; S. Nigeria, Assaba (Crosse), type male in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 32 millim. [2]
References
- ^ Afro Moths
-
^
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ 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 crossi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- Spilosoma crossi at BHL