Spilosoma holoxantha | |
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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. holoxantha
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Binomial name | |
Spilosoma holoxantha (
Hampson, 1907)
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Synonyms | |
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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]
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]
Spilosoma holoxantha | |
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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. holoxantha
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Binomial name | |
Spilosoma holoxantha (
Hampson, 1907)
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Synonyms | |
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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]
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]