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Spilarctia inexpectata

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Spilarctia inexpectata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilarctia
Species:
S. inexpectata
Binomial name
Spilarctia inexpectata
(Rothschild, 1933)
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma inexpectata Rothschild, 1933
  • Nicetosoma inexpectata (Rothschild, 1933)

Spilarctia inexpectata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1933. It is found in New Ireland in Papua New Guinea.[1]

It is considered by The Global Lepidoptera Names Index to be in the genus Spilosoma.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Nicetosoma inexpectata (Rothschild, 1933)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Spilosoma inexpectata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.