Spilosoma nigrocincta is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1914. It is found in Madagascar.[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. nigrocincta
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| Spilosoma nigrocincta (Kenrick, 1914)
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Description
editHead, thorax, and abdomen orange, antennae, palpi, and legs black, paired black spots on underside of the abdomen, the four middle segments on the upperside black in both sexes. Wings pale orange without marking.
Wingspan for the male 50 mm. and for the female 60 mm.[2]
References
edit- ^ Afro Moths
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London XXIII (1913)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma nigrocincta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- Spilosoma nigrocincta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms