''Spilarctia contaminata'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
in the family
Erebidae. It was described by
Alfred Ernest Wileman
Alfred Ernest Wileman (27 February 1860 – 15 February 1929) was a British diplomat and entomologist.
Wileman was appointed as the British Vice Consul for the Japanese city of Hakodate and surrounding prefectures in April 1901, and moved to be ...
in 1910. It is found in
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...
.
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Moths described in 1910
contaminata
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