Spilaethalida turbida is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882.

Spilaethalida turbida
Spilaethalida turbida turbida
Spilaethalida turbida woodlarkiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilaethalida
Species:
S. turbida
Binomial name
Spilaethalida turbida
(Butler, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Spilarctia turbida Butler, 1882
  • Spilarctia meeki Druce, 1899
  • Diacrisia turbida montana Rothschild, 1910
  • Diacrisia turbida woodlarkiana Rothschild, 1910
  • Diacrisia turbida sordidior Rothschild, 1910
  • Diacrisia turbida alpina Rothschild, 1914

It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and the Woodlark Islands.[1]

Subspecies

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  • Spilaethalida turbida turbida (Bismarck Archipelago)
  • Spilaethalida turbida sordidior (Rothschild, 1910) (Papua New Guinea, D'Entrecasteaux Islands)
  • Spilaethalida turbida meeki (Druce, 1899) (Trobriand Islands)
  • Spilaethalida turbida woodlarkiana (Rothschild, 1910) (Woodlark Islands)

References

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  1. ^ De Vos, Rob. "Spilaethalida turbida (Butler, 1882) | The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation.