Spilosoma melanimon

Spilosoma melanimon is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1880. It is found in Madagascar.[1]

Spilosoma melanimon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. melanimon
Binomial name
Spilosoma melanimon
Mabille, 1880
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma robleti Mabille, 1893
  • Pericallia melanimon Hampson, 1901

Description

Female

Head and thorax deep red brown; basal joint of antennæ orange; femora orange above; abdomen orange, with short dorsal black bands, the ventral surface red brown. Forewing deep red brown, with the costal edge orange. Hindwing fuscous black; the costal area orange yellow to near apex, emitting a small discoidal lunule; the inner margin and cilia yellow.

Wingspan 38 mm.[2]

References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum V.3 (1901) 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 melanimon". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  • Spilosoma melanimon at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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