Spilosoma euryphlebia
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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. euryphlebia
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| Binomial name | |
| Spilosoma euryphlebia (Hampson, 1903)
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Spilosoma euryphlebia is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1903. It is found in South Africa.[1]
Description
[edit]Male
[edit]Head and thorax yellowish white; palpi, a patch on frons, tegulae, patagia, and dorsal stripe on thorax black; pectus and stripes on legs black; mid and hind femora orange above; abdomen orange with dorsal black bands, lateral stripes and ventral series of spots. Forewing yellowish white; the veins rather broadly striped with black especially the medial part of vein 1; narrow stripes in cell and submedian fold; cilia yellow. Hindwing orange vellow.
Wingspan 38 mm.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Afro Moths
- ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum S.v2 (1920)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Spilosoma euryphlebia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma euryphlebia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.