Spilosoma fraterna

Spilosoma fraterna
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Spilosoma
Species:	S. fraterna
Binomial name
	Spilosoma fraterna; (Rothschild, 1910)
Synonyms
	Diacrisia fraterna Rothschild, 1910; Spilarctia fraterna;

Spilosoma fraterna is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on Papua New Guinea.^[1]

Description

Male

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with fulvous; palpi and sides of frons black; a large black patch on prothorax with streak from it to metathorax; pectus black; femora crimson fringed with ochreous hair, the tibiae and tarsi black; abdomen pale crimson with a blackish dorsal streak on medial segments, the ventral surface ochreous, lateral and sublateral black points on medial segments. Forewing brownish ochreous; minute antemedial black spots on costa, below median nervure, and above vein 1; four black points at lower angle of cell; a postmedial series of black points on each side of the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; a subterminal series of black points on each side of the veins from costa to vein 3, slightly excurved at vein 5. Hindwing pale ochreous yellow; a black discoidal lunule; subterminal black points on each side of vein 5 with traces of a series of points below it bent outwards to termen below vein 1; the underside with the costal area fulvous yellow, a slight postmedial black mark on costa.

Wingspan 48 mm.^[2]

References

^ The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of Papua Indonesia
^ 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.

Spilarctia fraterna 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 fraterna". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.

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[1] The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of Papua Indonesia

[2] 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.

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