Spilarctia mastrigti
Spilarctia mastrigti is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Rob de Vos and Daawia Suhartawan in 2011. It is found in Papua and Papua New Guinea.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Spilarctia |
| Species: | S. mastrigti |
| Binomial name | |
| Spilarctia mastrigti (De Vos & Suhartawan, 2011) | |
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Adults have a variable ground colour. The pattern on the forewings of the males is mostly sooty brown with brown sinuous transverse lines, although there are pale specimens.[1]
References
- De Vos, Rob. "Spilosoma mastrigti De Vos & Suhartawan, 2011 | The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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