Spilosoma crossi
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Species of moth
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| Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum (1920) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Spilosoma |
| Species: | S. crossi
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| Spilosoma crossi (Rothschild, 1910)
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Spilosoma crossi is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Nigeria and Gambia.[1]
Description
Diacrisia crossi, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 141 (1910).
(Male) Head and thorax ochreous tinged with brown; antennae black-brown; palpi, pectus, and legs dark reddish brown, some yellow hair below shoulders, the femora yellow above; abdomen orange-yellow with brownish dorsal streak except on terminal segments, the ventral surface red-brown. Fore wing ochreous tinged with red-brown. Hind wing pale ochreous yellow, the underside tinged with red-brown except on inner area.
Hab. Gambia, Bathurst; S. Nigeria, Assaba (Crosse), type male in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 32 millim.[2]
References
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum Supplement v.2 (1920)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Spilosoma crossi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=44910.
- Spilosoma crossi at BHL
Wikidata ☰ Q13524225 entry
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