Spilarctia alba is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William Grey in 1853. It is found in China (Beijing, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou), Taiwan and Korea.[1]

Spilarctia alba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilarctia
Species:
S. alba
Binomial name
Spilarctia alba
(Bremer & Grey, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Chelonia alba Bremer & Grey, 1853
  • Spilosoma alba (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
  • Spilosoma robustum Leech, 1899
  • Spilosoma robusta Leech, 1899
  • Spilarctia robusta (Leech, 1899)
  • Spilarctia robusta tapaishani Daniel, 1943
  • Diacrisia robusta hainana Rothschild, 1910
  • Spilosoma robusta hainana
  • Spilarctia robusta hainana
  • Diacrisia kikuchii Matsumura, 1927
  • Spilosoma robusta kikuchii
  • Spilarctia robusta kikuchii
  • Diacrisia baibarana Matsumura, 1927

Subspecies

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  • Spilarctia alba alba
  • Spilarctia alba hainana (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilarctia alba kikuchii (Matsumura, 1927)

References

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  1. ^ Spilarctia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms