Spilosoma erythrozona

Spilosoma erythrozona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Spilosoma
Species: S. erythrozona
Binomial name
Spilosoma erythrozona
(Kollar, [1844])
Synonyms
  • Euprepia erythrozona Kollar, [1844]
  • Diacrisia erythrozona
  • Spilosoma cognata Walker, 1869

Spilosoma erythrozona is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Kollar in 1844. It is found in China (south-western Xinjiang, Tibet), eastern Afghanistan and Himalayas.[1]

Description

Head and thorax white; abdomen crimson above with black bands; white below, with two series of black spots. Wings white, some specimens with traces of a spot at end of cell and sub-marginal spots to both wings. Hab. JM . VV . Himalayas ; Kashmir. Exp., M 40mm, F 46 mm.[2]

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