Spilosoma latiradiata
Species of moth
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Spilosoma latiradiata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in South Africa and Zambia.[2]
| Spilosoma latiradiata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Spilosoma |
| Species: | S. latiradiata |
| Binomial name | |
| Spilosoma latiradiata (Hampson, 1901) | |
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Description of the female
Head and thorax yellow tinged with olive brown; palpi, lower part of frons, antennae, a broad stripe on vertex of thorax, pectus, and legs deep black; abdomen orange above, with segmental black bands expanding into dorsal spots, a lateral series of black spots connected with the black ventral surface which has a series of orange spots reduced towards extremity. Forewing fulvous orange, with deep black fascia nearly filling the cell, submedian interspace, and the interspaces beyond the cell; a slight postmedial black streak above inner margin. Hindwing fuscous black, the base yellowish, the cilia yellow.
It has a wingspan of 46 mm.[3]
