Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae | |
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Spilosoma karschi is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Bartel in 1903. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Nigeria, Togo and Uganda.
Description
Male
Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow; antennæ brown, the shaft whitish above; palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen except terminal segment brown. Fore wing uniform yellow. Hind wing yellowish white.
Female
Fore and hind wings orange-yellow.
Exp. 32-44 millim.
References
Spilosoma karschi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA