Spilosoma latiradiata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in South Africa and Zambia.[2]
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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. latiradiata
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| Spilosoma latiradiata (Hampson, 1901)
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Description of the female
editHead and thorax yellow tinged with olive brown; palpi, lower part of frons, antennae, a broad stripe on vertex of thorax, pectus, and legs deep black; abdomen orange above, with segmental black bands expanding into dorsal spots, a lateral series of black spots connected with the black ventral surface which has a series of orange spots reduced towards extremity. Forewing fulvous orange, with deep black fascia nearly filling the cell, submedian interspace, and the interspaces beyond the cell; a slight postmedial black streak above inner margin. Hindwing fuscous black, the base yellowish, the cilia yellow.
It has a wingspan of 46 mm.[3]
References
edit- ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum v3 plates (1920)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Spilosoma latiradiata (Hampson, 1901)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
- ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum v.3 (1913) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
edit- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma latiradiata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.