Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae | |
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Spilosoma fuscipennis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1894. It is found in the Himalayas.
Female
Antennae with the branches very short; thorax and abdomen dark reddish brown; palpi, frons at sides, and antennae black; legs streaked with blackish; abdomen with dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of blackish points. Forewing fuscous brown; an indistinct curved antemedial line; an obscure discoidal point; the indistinct postmedial line angled at lower angle of cell, then strongly incurved. Hindwing pale greyish brown, with obscure discoidal point.
The female's wingspan is 48 mm.
References
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