''Spilosoma ericsoni'' 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 w ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

. It was described by

Georg Semper Georg Semper 1863

Georg Semper (August 3, 1837 in Altona, Hamburg � ...

in 1899. It is found on

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

. Males have red forewings and immaculate hindwings. Both wings grade distinctively yellowish at the margin. The forewings of the females are less red and have large black spots in the first two spaces from the dorsum. The hindwings of the female have yellow fringes.The Moths of Borneo
/ref> It is considered by some sources to be in genus ''

Spilarctia ''Spilarctia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. Subgenus ''Spilarctia'' *''accensa'' species group **'' Spilarctia accensa'' (Swinhoe, 1903) **'' Spilarctia ericsoni'' (Semper, ...

''.

References

* Moths described in 1899 ericsoni {{Spilosoma-stub