Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae | |
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Spilosoma holoxantha is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hampson in 1907. It is found in Nigeria and Uganda.
Description
Female
Head and thorax brownish orange; palpi black at tips; fore and mid tibiæ black, hind tibiæ black at base and extremity, the tarsi black; abdomen bright orange with dorsal, lateral, and sub-lateral series of black points. Fore wing uniform brownish orange. Hind wing orange-yellow. Underside of both wings with blackish discoidal points and terminal points above and below vein 5.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar (Sampson), 1 F type. Exp. 44 millim.
References
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