Spilosoma roseata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Spilosoma |
| Species: | S. roseata
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| Binomial name | |
| Spilosoma roseata (Rothschild, 1910)
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Spilosoma roseata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found on Java in Indonesia.[1]
Description
[edit]Male
[edit]Head and thorax pale ochreous; palpi, sides of frons, and antennae black; pectus black; legs black, ochreous at base, the fore coxae and the femora above crimson; abdomen crimson, the base, anal tuft, and ventral surface pale ochreous, dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black spots. Forewing pale ochreous; antemedial black points above and below vein 1; a black point in upper angle of cell; a small postmedial black spot below costa, point above vein 2, spot above vein 1, and large spot below it; an oblique series of minute black streaks from apex to vein and subterminal points above and below veins 5 to 3. Hindwing pale ochreous, the inner area tinged with crimson to beyond middle; a black discoidal spot; small subterminal spots below costa and above and below vein 5, and a curved series of larger spots from vein 3 to vein 1. Underside of forewing with the basal half tinged with crimson, an oblique maculate postmedial black band from discal to submedian folds.
Female
[edit]Forewing with postmedial points below vein 3 and above and below vein 2; hindwing without crimson on inner area, the subterminal spots below vein 5 absent; underside of forewing with the oblique maculate band slighter.
The wingspan for the male is 44 mm and for the female 54 mm.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]Lepindex refers to Spilosoma roseata as a synonym for Spilosoma semperi.[3] Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms refers to this species as Spliarctia roseata.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 11, 2020). "Spilarctia roseata (Rothschild, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ 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 semperi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Spilarctia roseata (Rothschild, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
