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Spilarctia costata

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Spilarctia costata
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. costata
Binomial name
Spilarctia costata
(Boisduval, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Chelonia costata Boisduval, 1832
  • Spilosoma costata
  • Diacrisia costata vivida Rothschild, 1910
  • Spilosoma costata vivida

Spilarctia costata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1832. It is found in Papua, Papua New Guinea and on the Bismarck Archipelago.[1]

References

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  1. ^ De Vos, Rob. "Spilosoma costata (Boisduval, 1832) | The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation.