Spilosoma clava

Spilosoma clava is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Alfred Ernest Wileman in 1910. It is found in Taiwan.[1]

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

Description

Female

Head white tinged with buff; palpi crimson at base, black at tips; frons at sides and antennae black; thorax brown buff, the patagia with black spots; pectus dark brown in front; crimson streaks below the wings; the fore coxae and femora above crimson, the tibiae and tarsi black above; abdomen crimson, the base, tip of anal tuft and ventral surface buff, a dorsal series of black bands except at base, lateral series of spots and sublateral spots on medial segments. Pore wing buff suffused with brown except at base; a black fascia on basal third of costa; a black fascia on middle of inner margin with ante- and postmedial black spots above it above vein 1; a small spot at upper angle of cell and elongate spot above it on costa; an oblique series of black points from apex to below vein 0, then an oblique brownish line to the postmedial spot above vein 1; subterminal black points above veins 1 and 3. Hindwing pale buff, the inner area slightly tinged with purplish crimson; a black discoidal spot and subterminal spots at discal told, below vein 2 and above and below vein 1. Underside of forewing with the basal half and costal area tc towards apex suffused with crimson.

Wingspan 58 mm.[2]

References

1. Spilarctia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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.

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