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Spilosoma ignivagans

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Spilosoma ignivagans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. ignivagans
Binomial name
Spilosoma ignivagans

Spilosoma ignivagans is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1919. It is found in China (Yunnan).[1]

Description

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Male

Very closely allied to erythrophleps, Hmpsn., but with less red on fore wings and fewer pale markings on hind wings. Antennae black, pectus and legs sooty-slate, frons and vertex rufous-orange; thorax rufous-orange, with a sooty dot on teguloe and sooty streaks on patagia; abdomen above rufous-orange ringed with sooty black, below white. Fore wing slate-brown with orange-scarlet nervures; three ill-defined orange-scarlet patches on basal half of costa; two rufous-orange spots in cell and one beyond ; four irregular bands of rufous-orange below median to inner margin, much angled, waved, excised, and partially joined. Hind wings sooty slate-grey, with white veins; a broken irregular post-median band, broader between vein 2 and abdominal margin; some white spots at end of veins. Length of fore wing 26 mm. ; expanse 56.5 mm. Hab. Tali, Yunnan.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Spilosoma ignivagans​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  2. ^ The Annals and magazine of natural history....(1919)Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.