Spilosoma rubidus

Spilosoma rubidus
Mémoires sur les lépidoptères (1897)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Spilosoma
Species: S. rubidus
Binomial name
Spilosoma rubidus
(Leech, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Dionychopus rubidus Leech, 1890
  • Spilosoma leucoptera Alpheraky, 1897

Spilosoma rubidus is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Leech in 1890. It is found in China (Beijing, Hubei, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Hebei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Jilin, Shanxi, Henan, Guangxi, Heilongjiang) and Taiwan.[1]

Lepindex[2] considers Spilosoma rubidus to be a synonym for Spilosoma alba. See Spilarctia alba.

References

  1. Dubatolov, V.V. & Kishida, Y., 2005: What is true Chelonia alba Bremer et Grey, [1852]? (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Tinea 18 (4): 270-275.
  2. Spilosoma alba at Lepindex


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