Spilosoma melanopsis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Sri Lanka.[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. melanopsis
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| Binomial name | |
| Spilosoma melanopsis (Walker, [1865])
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Description edit
Antennae of male has short branches. Head and thorax ochreous, frons black, palpi crimson and black above. Paired black spots can be seen on shoulders and tegulae. Abdomen crimson in both sexes above and whitish below with a dorsal and two paired lateral series of black spots. Thorax ventrally and femur are crimson colored. Forewings are ochreous. A fuscous oblique band runs from costa to beyond the middle of the center of inner margin. Hindwing ochreous. The inner area suffused with crimson color. Cilia of both wings are whitish.[2]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Rhodareas melanopsis (Walker, [1865])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
- Pericallia melanopsis at the Biodiversity Heritage Library