Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae | |
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Spilosoma gynephaea is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hampson in 1901. It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Description
Male
Head orange; palpi and antennæ blackish; thorax pale yellow; pectus and legs grey, the latter with the femora orange above; abdomen orange with dorsal and lateral series of black spots except on 1st segment, the ventral surface grey-white. Fore wing yellow, the veins finely, streaked with black except on costal area. Hind wing pale yellow.
Female
Head and thorax deep orange; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen fuscous. Fore wing orange-brown, the costal area to beyond middle, the inner margin finely, and the cilia orange; a black point at lower angle of cell. Hind wing fuscous black; a diffused orange streak on median nervure; the inner margin and cilia orange; an orange discoidal point; the underside orange with large fuscous patch on terminal area from costa to vein 2.
Exp., M 36, F 38 millim.