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Spilosoma obliqua

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Spilosoma obliqua
Moth
Caterpillar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. obliqua
Binomial name
Spilosoma obliqua
(Walker, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
  • Spilarctia obliqua
  • Diacrisia obliqua
  • Spilosoma suffusa Walker, 1855
  • Spilosoma dentilinea Moore, 1872
  • Spilarctia confusa Butler, 1875
  • Spilarctia howra Moore, 1879
  • Diacrisia assamensis Rothschild, 1910
  • ?Spilarctia nydia Butler, 1875
  • ?Spilarctia bifascia Hampson, 1891
  • Arctia indica Guérin-Méneville, 1843
  • Lemyra indica
  • Arctia montana Guérin-Méneville, 1843

Spilosoma obliqua, the jute hairy caterpillar or Bihar hairy caterpillar, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in south-eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Burma.

The wingspan is about 23 mm.

The larvae feed on Hibiscus, Liquidamber and Ilex asprella.[2]

Subspecies

Spilosoma obliqua
  • Spilarctia obliqua obliqua (Walker, 1855) (south-eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Burma)
  • Spilarctia obliqua montana (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) (southern India)

References

  1. ^ "Spilosoma Curtis, 1825" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ http://ccs-hk.org
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