Spilosoma metaleuca is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1905. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Nigeria and Sudan.[1]
Description
Head and thorax orange yellow; abdomen orange yellow, white at base and with ill-defined dorsal fuscous hands. Forewing uniform orange yellow. Hindwing pure white.
The wingspan for the male is 28 mm and the female is 36 mm.[2]
References
- ^ Afro Moths
- ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum S.v2 (1920)
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- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma metaleuca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- Spilosoma metaleuca at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms