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Spilosoma latiradiata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hampson in 1901. It is found in South Africa and Zambia.
Description
Female
Head and thorax yellow tinged with olive-brown; palpi, lower part of frons, antennae, a broad stripe on vertex of thorax, pectus, and legs deep black; abdomen orange above, with segmental black bands expanding into dorsal spots, a lateral series of black spots connected with the black ventral surface which has a series of orange spots reduced towards extremity. Fore wing fulvous orange, with deep black fascia nearly filling the cell, submedian interspace, and the interspaces beyond the cell; a slight postmedial black streak above inner margin. Hind wing fuscous black, the base yellowish, the cilia yellow.
Exp. 46 millim.