Spilosoma

{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Spilosoma ericsoni (Arctiidae Arctiinae).jpg | image_caption = ''Spilosoma ericsoni'' | taxon = Spilosoma | authority = Curtis, 1825 | synonyms = * ''Rhagonis'' Walker, 1862 * ''Elpis'' Dyar, 1893 * ''Spilarctia'' Butler, 1875 (disputed) }}

'''''Spilosoma''''' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae originally described by John Curtis in 1825. A very heterogeneous group, it is in need of review by the scientific community{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}, as certain species probably need reclassification into their own genera.

==Description== Palpi short, porrect (extending forward) and fringed with hair. Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) in male and serrate in female. Mid tibia with a terminal pair of minute spurs and hind tibia with two spur pairs. Forewings are rather long and narrow. Veins 3 to 5 from angle of cell. Vein 6 from upper angle and veins 7 to 10 are stalked. Hindwings with veins 3 to 5 from angle of cell. Veins 6 and 7 from upper angle. Vein 8 from middle of cell. Female with an abdominal tuft developed in most cases.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |date=1894 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II |publisher=Taylor and Francis |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref>

==Species more or less related to the type species== * ''Spilosoma congrua'' Walker, 1855 – agreeable tiger moth, white-bodied estigmene * ''Spilosoma daitoensis'' Matsumura, 1930 * ''Spilosoma dubia'' (Walker, 1855) – dubious tiger moth * ''Spilosoma ericsoni'' (Semper, 1899)<ref>{{cite web |last=Holloway |first=Jeremy Daniel |url=http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-6/arctiinae/arctiinae-1-1.php |title=''Spilosoma ericsoni'' Semper |website=The Moths of Borneo |accessdate=January 22, 2019}}</ref> * ''Spilosoma erythrozona'' (Kollar, [1844]) * ''Spilosoma extrema'' Daniel, 1943 * ''Spilosoma fujianensis'' Fang, 1981 * ''Spilosoma inexpectata'' Rothschild, 1933 * ''Spilosoma latipennis'' Stretch, 1872 – pink-legged tiger moth, red-legged diacrisia * ''Spilosoma likiangensis'' Daniel, 1943 * ''Spilosoma lubricipeda'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – white ermine * ''Spilosoma lutea'' (Hufnagel, 1766) – buff ermine * ''Spilosoma ningyuenfui'' Daniel, 1943 * ''Spilosoma pelopea'' (Druce, 1897) * ''Spilosoma punctaria'' (Stoll, [1782]) * ''Spilosoma reticulata'' Rothschild, 1933 * ''Spilosoma rostagnoi'' Oberthür, 1911 * ''Spilosoma rubidus'' (Leech, 1890) * ''Spilosoma semialbescens'' Talbot, 1929 * ''Spilosoma urticae'' (Esper, 1789) – water ermine * ''Spilosoma vestalis'' Packard, 1864 – vestal tiger-moth * ''Spilosoma virginica'' Fabricius, 1798 – Virginia tiger moth * ''Spilosoma yemenensis'' (Hampson, 1916)

===Erythrophleps species group=== * ''Spilosoma ignivagans'' Rothschild, 1919 * ''Spilosoma erythrophleps'' Hampson, 1894

===Subgenus ''Rhagonis'' Walker, 1862 or a separate genus=== * ''Spilosoma danbyi'' (Neumögen & Dyar, 1893) – Danby's tiger moth * ''Spilosoma pteridis'' H. Edwards, 1875 – brown tiger moth * ''Spilosoma vagans'' (Boisduval, 1852) – wandering tiger moth

===Subgenus ''Rhodareas'' Kirby, 1892=== * ''Spilosoma melanopsis'' (Walker, [1865] 1864)

===''Spilosoma sensu lato'' species not congeneric to the type species=== * ''Spilosoma albiventre'' Kiriakoff, 1963 * ''Spilosoma atrivenata'' Rothschild, 1933 * ''Spilosoma batesi'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''Spilosoma baxteri'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''Spilosoma bipartita'' Rothschild, 1933 * ''Spilosoma brunneomixta'' Toulgoët, 1971 * ''Spilosoma buryi'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''Spilosoma castelli'' Rothschild, 1933 * ''Spilosoma crossi'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''Spilosoma curvilinea'' Walker, 1855 * ''Spilosoma dufranei'' Kiriakoff, 1965 * ''Spilosoma feifensis'' Wiltshire, 1986 * ''Spilosoma flavidior'' Gaede, 1923 * ''Spilosoma gynephaea'' (Hampson, 1901) * ''Spilosoma hercules'' (Toulgoët, 1956) * ''Spilosoma heterogenea'' Bartel, 1903 * ''Spilosoma holoxantha'' (Hampson, 1907) * ''Spilosoma immaculata'' Bartel, 1903 * ''Spilosoma jordani'' Debauche, 1938 * ''Spilosoma jussiaeae'' (Poey, 1832) * ''Spilosoma karschi'' Bartel, 1903 * ''Spilosoma latiradiata'' (Hampson, 1901) * ''Spilosoma maniemae'' Kiriakoff, 1965 * ''Spilosoma mediocinerea'' (Toulgoët, 1956) * ''Spilosoma mediopunctata'' (Pagenstecher, 1903) * ''Spilosoma melanimon'' Mabille, 1880 * ''Spilosoma nigrocastanea'' (Rothschild, 1917) * ''Spilosoma nigrocincta'' (Kenrick, 1914) * ''Spilosoma nyasana'' Rothschild, 1933 * ''Spilosoma occidens'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''Spilosoma pales'' (Druce, 1910) * ''Spilosoma pauliani'' (Toulgoët, 1956) * ''Spilosoma pellucida'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''Spilosoma penultimum'' Kiriakoff, 1965 * ''Spilosoma pseudambrensis'' (Toulgoët, 1961) * ''Spilosoma quadrimacula'' Toulgoët, 1977 * ''Spilosoma rava'' (Druce, 1898) * ''Spilosoma tenuivena'' Kiriakoff, 1965 * ''Spilosoma togoensis'' Bartel, 1903 * ''Spilosoma turlini'' Toulgoët, 1973

===Species of unclear status=== * ''Spilosoma alberti'' (Rothschild, 1914) * ''Spilosoma alticola'' Rogenhofer, 1891 * ''Spilosoma cajetani'' Rothschild, 1910 * ''Spilosoma clasnaumanni'' Kühne, 2005 * ''Spilosoma clava'' (Wileman, 1910) * ''Spilosoma eldorado'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''Spilosoma euryphlebia'' (Hampson, 1903) * ''Spilosoma fraterna'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''Spilosoma fumida'' (Wileman, 1910) * ''Spilosoma fuscipennis'' Hampson, 1894 * ''Spilosoma fusifrons'' Walker, [1865] * ''Spilosoma metaleuca'' (Hampson, 1905) * ''Spilosoma obliqua'' (Walker, 1855) * ''Spilosoma roseata'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''Spilosoma sagittifera'' Moore, 1888 * ''Spilosoma semperi'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''Spilosoma submargininigra'' Černý, 2014 * ''Spilosoma sumatrana'' (Swinhoe, 1905) * ''Spilosoma virgulae'' Černý, 2011 * ''Spilosoma wahri'' Rothschild, 1933 * ''Spilosoma wildi'' De Vos, 2013 * ''Spilosoma wilemani'' (Rothschild, 1914) * ''Spilosoma withaari'' De Vos, 2013

===Species separated into ''Ardices''=== * ''Spilosoma canescens'' Butler, 1875 – dark-spotted tiger moth * ''Spilosoma curvata'' Donovan, 1805 – crimson tiger moth * ''Spilosoma glatignyi'' (Le Guillou, 1841) – black and white tiger moth

===Species separated into ''Toulgarctia''=== * ''Spilosoma griveaudi'' (Toulgoët, 1957) * ''Spilosoma luteoradians'' (Toulgoët, 1954) * ''Spilosoma milloti'' (Toulgoët, 1954) * ''Spilosoma viettei'' (Toulgoët, 1954) * ''Spilosoma vieui'' (Toulgoët, 1957)

==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Arctiidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London}} *{{cite web |url=http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon=Spilosoma&searchTax= |title=Taxonomy Browser: ''Spilosoma'' |website=Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD) |accessdate=January 22, 2019}}

==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Spilosoma|''Spilosoma''}} * {{Wikispecies inline|Spilosoma|''Spilosoma''}}

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