Spilosoma roseata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found on Java in Indonesia.[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. roseata
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| Binomial name | |
| Spilosoma roseata (Rothschild, 1910)
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Description edit
Male edit
Head and thorax pale ochreous; palpi, sides of frons, and antennae black; pectus black; legs black, ochreous at base, the fore coxae and the femora above crimson; abdomen crimson, the base, anal tuft, and ventral surface pale ochreous, dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black spots. Forewing pale ochreous; antemedial black points above and below vein 1; a black point in upper angle of cell; a small postmedial black spot below costa, point above vein 2, spot above vein 1, and large spot below it; an oblique series of minute black streaks from apex to vein and subterminal points above and below veins 5 to 3. Hindwing pale ochreous, the inner area tinged with crimson to beyond middle; a black discoidal spot; small subterminal spots below costa and above and below vein 5, and a curved series of larger spots from vein 3 to vein 1. Underside of forewing with the basal half tinged with crimson, an oblique maculate postmedial black band from discal to submedian folds.
Female edit
Forewing with postmedial points below vein 3 and above and below vein 2; hindwing without crimson on inner area, the subterminal spots below vein 5 absent; underside of forewing with the oblique maculate band slighter.
The wingspan for the male is 44 mm and for the female 54 mm.[2]
Taxonomy edit
Lepindex refers to Spilosoma roseata as a synonym for Spilosoma semperi.[3] Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms refers to this species as Spliarctia roseata.[4]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 11, 2020). "Spilarctia roseata (Rothschild, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum S.v2 (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 semperi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Spilarctia roseata (Rothschild, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
