Spilosoma mediopunctata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Arnold Pagenstecher in 1903. It is found in Ethiopia and Somalia.[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: | Spilosoma |
| Species: | S. mediopunctata
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| Spilosoma mediopunctata (Pagenstecher, 1903)
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Description
editFemale
editHead, thorax, and abdomen orange yellow; antennae black, except basal joint; abdomen with lateral series of black points and two small sublateral spots towards extremity. Forewing pale yellow; a subbasal black point in cell, points in upper and lower angles of cell and two beyond lower angle. Hindwing pale yellow with black discoidal spot.
Wingspan 28 mm.[2]
References
edit- ^ Afro Moths
- ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum S.2 (1920)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Spilosoma mediopunctata at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma mediopunctata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.