Spilosoma roseata

Spilosoma roseata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Spilosoma
Species:	S. roseata
Binomial name
	Spilosoma roseata; (Rothschild, 1910)
Synonyms
	Diacrisia roseata Rothschild, 1910; Spilarctia roseata; Spilosoma semperi;

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]

Description

Male

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

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

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

^ 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.

[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (June 11, 2020). "Spilarctia roseata (Rothschild, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

[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.

[3] 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.

[4] Savela, Markku (ed.). "Spilarctia roseata (Rothschild, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 14, 2018.

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