Spilarctia inexpectata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1933. It is found in New Ireland in Papua New Guinea.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Spilarctia |
| Species: | S. inexpectata
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| Binomial name | |
| Spilarctia inexpectata (Rothschild, 1933)
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It is considered by The Global Lepidoptera Names Index to be in the genus Spilosoma.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Nicetosoma inexpectata (Rothschild, 1933)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma inexpectata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.