Spilosoma wilemani

Spilosoma wilemani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Spilosoma
Species:	S. wilemani
Binomial name
	Spilosoma wilemani; (Rothschild, 1914)
Synonyms
	Diacrisia wilemani Rothschild, 1914; Spilarctia wilemani; Aloa vivida Wileman, 1910; Spilosoma vivida Hampson, 1920;

Spilosoma wilemani is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1914. It is found in Taiwan and Japan's southern Ryukyu Islands.[1]

Description

Antenna of male serrate on upperside, pectinate on lower.

Male

Head and thorax rufous; palpi crimson at base, black at tips; lower part of frons black; antennae black; a crimson bar behind the eyes; fore coxae and the femora above crimson, the tibiae and tarsi black above; abdomen crimson, the ventral surface rufous, dorsal and lateral series of small black spots except at base and extremity. Forewing rufous; a small antemedial black spot above vein l; an oblique series of black points from below apex to inner margin beyond middle, almost obsolete from below vein 6 to above 2; slight subterminal black points between veins 5 and 3. Hindwing crimson; a minute discoidal black point; cilia pale at tips. Underside of forewing crimson.

Female

Frons black at sides only; hindwing with black discoidal spot and subterminal spots below vein 2 and on vein 1 nearer termen; underside of forewing with black discoidal spot.

The wingspan for the male is 30 mm and for the female it is 60 mm.[2]

References

Savela, Markku. "Spilarctia wilemani (Rothschild, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae 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 wilemani". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Spilarctia wilemani (Rothschild, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 29, 2019.

[2] Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum S.v2 (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.