Spilosoma gynephaea

Spilosoma gynephaea
	Female Spilosoma gynephaea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Spilosoma
Species:	S. gynephaea
Binomial name
	Spilosoma gynephaea; (Hampson, 1901)
Synonyms
	Estigmene gynephaea Hampson, 1901;

Spilosoma gynephaea is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hampson in 1901. It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.^[1]

Description

Male

Head orange; palpi and antennæ blackish; thorax pale yellow; pectus and legs grey, the latter with the femora orange above; abdomen orange with dorsal and lateral series of black spots except on 1st segment, the ventral surface grey-white. Fore wing yellow, the veins finely, streaked with black except on costal area. Hind wing pale yellow.

Female

Head and thorax deep orange; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen fuscous. Fore wing orange-brown, the costal area to beyond middle, the inner margin finely, and the cilia orange; a black point at lower angle of cell. Hind wing fuscous black; a diffused orange streak on median nervure; the inner margin and cilia orange; an orange discoidal point; the underside orange with large fuscous patch on terminal area from costa to vein 2.

Exp., M 36, F 38 millim.^[2]

References

^ Afro Moths
^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum Supplement 2 (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma gynephaea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.

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[1] Afro Moths

[2] Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum Supplement 2 (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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