Spilosoma pellucida
Species of moth
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Spilosoma pellucida is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Ghana.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Spilosoma |
| Species: | S. pellucida |
| Binomial name | |
| Spilosoma pellucida (Rothschild, 1910) | |
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Description
Male
Head and thorax ochreous with a fulvous tinge; antennae with the branches brown; abdomen pale yellow with a fulvous tinge. Forewing hyaline, the veins, costal and inner areas brownish ochreous; a small round black discoidal spot. Hindwing hyaline, the veins, costal and inner areas, and the termen ochreous.
Wingspan 38 mm.[2]
