Spilosoma melanopsis
| Spilosoma melanopsis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Spilosoma |
| Species: | S. melanopsis |
| Binomial name | |
| Spilosoma melanopsis (Walker, [1865]) | |
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Spilosoma melanopsis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walker in 1865. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
Description
Antennae of male has short branches. Head and thorax ochreous, frons black, palpi crimson and black above. Paired black spots can be seen on shoulders and tegulae. Abdomen crimson in both sexes above and whitish below with a dorsal and two paired lateral series of black spots. Thorax ventrally and femur are crimson colored. Fore wings are ochreous. A fuscous oblique band runs from costa to beyond the middle of the center of inner margin. Hind wing ochreous. The inner area suffused with crimson color. Cilia of both wings are whitish.[2]
References
- ↑ Rhodareas at funet
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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