Spilosoma rava

Spilosoma rava is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1898. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, the Gambia and Uganda.

Spilosoma rava
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. rava
Binomial name
Spilosoma rava
(H. Druce, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Spilarctia rava H. Druce, 1898

The larvae are polyphagous.[1]

Description

Female

Ochreous white; lower part of frons blackish; antennae black; tegulae, patagia, and shoulders with black points, the tegulae edged with yellow; fore coxae tinged with yellow, the legs black above; abdomen orange above, with dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black spots. Forewing with black point at base; the markings of underside showing slightly above and consisting of a medial fuscous band angled at lower angle of cell; a discoidal lunule; a postmedial line excurved between veins 5 and 3, interrupted at middle, met by an oblique series of irregular spots from costa and with spots beyond it towards inner margin; some points on termen towards apex. Hindwing with fuscous discoidal spot; two spots towards tornus; a subterminal point above vein 5, and some points on termen towards apex; some orange hair on inner area.

Its wingspan is about 60 mm.[2]

Subspecies
  • Spilosoma rava rava Goodger & Watson, 1995 (Senegal, the Gambia, Ghana)
  • Spilosoma rava deleta Debauche, 1938 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)[3]

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  2. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum V.3 (1901) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Spilosoma rava deleta Debauche, 1938". Afromoths. Retrieved January 5, 2020.


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