Spilarctia alba

Spilarctia alba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	Spilarctia
Species:	S. alba
Binomial name
Spilarctia alba (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
Synonyms
Chelonia alba Bremer & Grey, 1853 Spilosoma alba (Bremer & Grey, 1853) Spilosoma robustum Leech, 1899 Spilosoma robusta Leech, 1899 Spilarctia robusta (Leech, 1899) Spilarctia robusta tapaishani Daniel, 1943 Diacrisia robusta hainana Rothschild, 1910 Spilosoma robusta hainana Spilarctia robusta hainana Diacrisia kikuchii Matsumura, 1927 Spilosoma robusta kikuchii Spilarctia robusta kikuchii Diacrisia baibarana Matsumura, 1927

Spilarctia alba is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Bremer and Grey in 1853. It is found in China (Beijing, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou), Taiwan and Korea.^[1]

Subspecies

• Spilarctia alba alba
• Spilarctia alba hainana (Rothschild, 1910)
• Spilarctia alba kikuchii (Matsumura, 1927)

References

1. Spilarctia at funet

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog