Spilosoma pales is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.[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. pales
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| Spilosoma pales (H. Druce, 1910)
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Description
editThe male was described as: head and thorax deep orange, on the latter shading to yellow behind; palpi black except at base; antennae black; fore femora except above and the tibiae and tarsi black; abdomen orange yellow with large dorsal black patch except on basal and terminal segments, extending at middle to the lateral line, and a ventral grey patch except on basal and terminal segments. Forewing uniform yellow. Hindwing pale semihyaline (almost-glassy) yellow; the underside with the costal area deeper yellow.
Wingspan 48 mm.[2]
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Spilosoma pales (Druce, 1910)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum S.2 (1920)
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 pales". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- Savela, Markku (July 26, 2019). "Spilosoma pales (Druce, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 5, 2020.