Spilosoma wilemani is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1914. It is found in Taiwan and Japan's southern Ryukyu Islands.[1]

Spilosoma wilemani
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Spilosoma
Species:
S. wilemani
Binomial name
Spilosoma wilemani
(Rothschild, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia wilemani Rothschild, 1914
  • Spilarctia wilemani
  • Aloa vivida Wileman, 1910
  • Spilosoma vivida Hampson, 1920

Description

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Antenna of male serrate on upperside, pectinate on lower.

Male

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Head and thorax rufous; palpi crimson at base, black at tips; lower part of frons black; antennae black; a crimson bar behind the eyes; fore coxae and the femora above crimson, the tibiae and tarsi black above; abdomen crimson, the ventral surface rufous, dorsal and lateral series of small black spots except at base and extremity. Forewing rufous; a small antemedial black spot above vein l; an oblique series of black points from below apex to inner margin beyond middle, almost obsolete from below vein 6 to above 2; slight subterminal black points between veins 5 and 3. Hindwing crimson; a minute discoidal black point; cilia pale at tips. Underside of forewing crimson.

Female

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Frons black at sides only; hindwing with black discoidal spot and subterminal spots below vein 2 and on vein 1 nearer termen; underside of forewing with black discoidal spot.

The wingspan for the male is 30 mm and for the female it is 60 mm.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Spilarctia wilemani (Rothschild, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  2. ^ 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.