Spilosoma

Spilosoma
Spilosoma
Spilosoma ericsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Spilosomini
Genus: Spilosoma
Curtis, 1825
Synonyms
  • Rhagonis Walker, 1862
  • Elpis Dyar, 1893
  • Spilarctia Butler, 1875

Spilosoma is a genus of moths in the Arctiidae family. It is very heterogeneous genus, and needs in a serious review. Probably, some species should be separated into own genera.

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Species more or less related to the type species

  • Spilosoma congrua Walker, 1855 – Agreeable Tiger Moth, White-bodied Estigmene
  • Spilosoma daitoensis Matsumura, 1930
  • Spilosoma dubia (Walker, 1855) – Dubious Tiger Moth
  • Spilosoma ericsoni (Semper, 1899)[1]
  • Spilosoma erythrozona (Kollar, [1844])
  • Spilosoma extrema Daniel, 1943
  • Spilosoma fujianensis Fang, 1981
  • Spilosoma inexpectata Rothschild, 1933
  • Spilosoma latipennis Stretch, 1872 – Pink-legged Tiger Moth, Red-legged Diacrisia
  • Spilosoma likiangensis Daniel, 1943
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda Linnaeus, 1758 – White Ermine
  • Spilosoma lutea Hufnagel, 1766 – Buff Ermine
  • Spilosoma ningyuenfui Daniel, 1943
  • Spilosoma pelopea (Druce, 1897)
  • Spilosoma punctaria (Stoll, [1782])
  • Spilosoma reticulata Rothschild, 1933
  • Spilosoma rostagnoi Oberthür, 1911
  • Spilosoma rothschildi Roepke, 1943
  • Spilosoma rubidus (Leech, 1890)
  • Spilosoma semialbescens Talbot, 1929
  • Spilosoma urticae Esper, 1789 – Water Ermine
  • Spilosoma vestalis Packard, 1864 – Vestal Tiger-moth
  • Spilosoma virginica Fabricius, 1798 – Virginia Tiger Moth
  • Spilosoma yemenensis (Hampson, 1916)
Erythrophleps Species Group:
  • Spilosoma innivagans Rothschild, 1919
  • Spilosoma erythrophleps Hampson, 1894
Subgenus Rhagonis Walker, 1862 or a separate genus
  • Spilosoma danbyi (Neumögen & Dyar, 1893)
  • Spilosoma pteridis H. Edwards, 1875
  • Spilosoma vagans (Boisduval, 1852) – Wandering Diacrisia
Subgenus Rhodareas Kirby, 1892
  • Spilosoma melanopsis (Walker, [1865] 1864)
Spilosoma sensu lato species not congeneric to the type species
  • Spilosoma albiventre Kiriakoff, 1963
  • Spilosoma atrivenata Rothschild, 1933
  • Spilosoma batesi (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilosoma baxteri (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilosoma bipartita Rothschild, 1933
  • Spilosoma brunneomixta Toulgoët, 1971
  • Spilosoma buryi (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilosoma castelli Rothschild, 1933
  • Spilosoma crossi (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
  • Spilosoma dufranei Kiriakoff, 1965
  • Spilosoma feifensis Wiltshire, 1986
  • Spilosoma flavidior Gaede, 1923
  • Spilosoma gynephaea (Hampson, 1901)
  • Spilosoma hercules (Toulgoët, 1956)
  • Spilosoma heterogenea Bartel, 1903
  • Spilosoma holoxantha (Hampson, 1907)
  • Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903
  • Spilosoma jordani Debauche, 1938
  • Spilosoma jussiaeae (Poey, 1832)
  • Spilosoma karschi Bartel, 1903
  • Spilosoma latiradiata (Hampson, 1901)
  • Spilosoma maniemae Kiriakoff, 1965
  • Spilosoma mediocinerea (Toulgoët, 1956)
  • Spilosoma mediopunctata (Pagenstecher, 1903)
  • Spilosoma melanimon Mabille, 1880
  • Spilosoma nigrocastanea (Rothschild, 1917)
  • Spilosoma nigrocincta (Kenrick, 1914)
  • Spilosoma nyasana Rothschild, 1933
  • Spilosoma occidens (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilosoma pales (Druce, 1910)
  • Spilosoma pauliani (Toulgoët, 1956)
  • Spilosoma pellucida (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilosoma penultimum Kiriakoff, 1965
  • Spilosoma pseudambrensis (Toulgoët, 1961)
  • Spilosoma quadrimacula Toulgoët, 1977
  • Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898)
  • Spilosoma tenuivena Kiriakoff, 1965
  • Spilosoma togoensis Bartel, 1903
  • Spilosoma turlini Toulgoët, 1973
Species of unclear status
  • Spilosoma fuscipennis Hampson, 1894
  • Spilosoma fusifrons Walker, [1865]
  • Spilosoma wahri Rothschild, 1933
Species separated into Ardices:

References

  1. ^ The Moths Of Borneo