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''Spilosoma'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
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 ...
s 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, 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.


Species more or less related to the type species

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Spilosoma congrua The agreeable tiger moth (''Spilosoma congrua'') is one of three species of white tiger moth which are common in the United States. It has pronounced black eyes, white abdomen, and orange "bib" which set it apart from its cousin the Virginia tig ...
'' Walker, 1855 – agreeable tiger moth, white-bodied estigmene * ''
Spilosoma daitoensis ''Spilosoma daitoensis'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1930. 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 ...
'' Matsumura, 1930 * '' Spilosoma dubia'' (Walker, 1855) – dubious tiger moth * ''
Spilosoma ericsoni ''Spilosoma ericsoni'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Georg Semper in 1899. It is found on Borneo. Males have red forewings and immaculate hindwings. Both wings grade distinctively yellowish at the margin. The forewings of ...
'' (Semper, 1899) * '' Spilosoma erythrozona'' (Kollar, 844 * '' Spilosoma extrema'' Daniel, 1943 * ''
Spilosoma fujianensis ''Spilosoma fujianensis'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Cheng-Lai Fang in 1981. It is found in Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fu ...
'' Fang, 1981 * ''
Spilosoma inexpectata ''Spilarctia inexpectata'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1933. It is found in New Ireland in Papua New Guinea. It is considered by The Global Lepidoptera Names Index to be in the genus ''Spilosoma ...
'' Rothschild, 1933 * ''
Spilosoma latipennis ''Spilosoma latipennis'', the pink-legged tiger moth, or the red-legged diacrisia, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1872. It is found in eastern North America, where it has been recorded from Georgia ...
'' Stretch, 1872 – pink-legged tiger moth, red-legged diacrisia * ''
Spilosoma likiangensis ''Spilosoma likiangensis'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Franz Daniel in 1943. It is found in Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans ap ...
'' Daniel, 1943 * '' Spilosoma lubricipeda'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – white ermine * '' Spilosoma lutea'' (Hufnagel, 1766) – buff ermine * '' Spilosoma ningyuenfui'' Daniel, 1943 * ''
Spilosoma pelopea ''Spilosoma pelopea'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1897. It is found in Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North Ameri ...
'' (Druce, 1897) * '' Spilosoma punctaria'' (Stoll,
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Spilosoma reticulata ''Spilarctia reticulata'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1933. It is found in New Britain New Britain ( tpi, Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Reg ...
'' Rothschild, 1933 * ''
Spilosoma rostagnoi ''Spilosoma rostagnoi'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1911. It is found in Sichuan, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's ...
'' Oberthür, 1911 * '' Spilosoma rubidus'' (Leech, 1890) * ''
Spilosoma semialbescens ''Spilosoma semialbescens'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Talbot in 1929. It is found on Seram Island Seram (formerly spelled Ceram; also Seran or Serang) is the largest and main island of Maluku province of ...
'' Talbot, 1929 * '' Spilosoma urticae'' (Esper, 1789) – water ermine * '' Spilosoma vestalis'' Packard, 1864 – vestal tiger-moth * '' Spilosoma virginica'' Fabricius, 1798 – Virginia tiger moth * ''
Spilosoma yemenensis ''Spilosoma yemenensis'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1916. It is found in Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It i ...
'' (Hampson, 1916)


Erythrophleps species group

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Spilosoma ignivagans ''Spilosoma ignivagans'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1919. It is found in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous ...
'' Rothschild, 1919 * ''
Spilosoma erythrophleps ''Spilosoma erythrophleps'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1894. It is found in Assam, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-large ...
'' Hampson, 1894


Subgenus ''Rhagonis'' Walker, 1862 or a separate genus

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Spilosoma danbyi ''Spilosoma danbyi'', or Danby's tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Berthold Neumoegen and Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1893. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington and western Canada ...
'' (Neumögen & Dyar, 1893) – Danby's tiger moth * '' Spilosoma pteridis'' H. Edwards, 1875 – brown tiger moth * ''
Spilosoma vagans ''Spilosoma vagans'', the wandering diacrisia or wandering tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1852. It is found in western North America, from southern California, southern Utah and centr ...
'' (Boisduval, 1852) – wandering tiger moth


Subgenus ''Rhodareas'' Kirby, 1892

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Spilosoma melanopsis ''Spilosoma melanopsis'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்� ...
'' (Walker,
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''Spilosoma sensu lato'' species not congeneric to the type species

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Spilosoma albiventre ''Spilosoma albiventre'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1963. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw ...
'' Kiriakoff, 1963 * ''
Spilosoma atrivenata ''Spilosoma atrivenata'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1933. It is found in Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country ...
'' Rothschild, 1933 * ''
Spilosoma batesi ''Spilosoma batesi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo and Zaire Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ...
'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''
Spilosoma baxteri ''Spilosoma baxteri'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanz ...
'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''
Spilosoma bipartita ''Spilosoma bipartita'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1933. It is found in Angola, Congo, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, ...
'' Rothschild, 1933 * ''
Spilosoma brunneomixta ''Spilosoma brunneomixta'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1971. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasi ...
'' Toulgoët, 1971 * ''
Spilosoma buryi ''Spilosoma buryi'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Ghana and Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya ...
'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''
Spilosoma castelli ''Spilosoma castelli'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1933. It is found in Senegal and Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naije ...
'' Rothschild, 1933 * ''
Spilosoma crossi ''Spilosoma crossi'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Nigeria and Gambia. Description Diacrisia crossi, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 141 (1910) ...
'' (Rothschild, 1910) * '' Spilosoma curvilinea'' Walker, 1855 * ''
Spilosoma dufranei ''Spilosoma dufranei'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1965. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Con ...
'' Kiriakoff, 1965 * '' Spilosoma feifensis'' Wiltshire, 1986 * ''
Spilosoma flavidior ''Spilosoma flavidior'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Max Gaede in 1923. It is found in the Afrotropics The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Des ...
'' Gaede, 1923 * ''
Spilosoma gynephaea ''Spilosoma gynephaea'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeas ...
'' (Hampson, 1901) * ''
Spilosoma hercules ''Spilosoma hercules'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1956. It is found on Madagascar. It has a solid yellow body and wings, with black stripes on the abdomen. References * Moths described in ...
'' (Toulgoët, 1956) * ''
Spilosoma heterogenea ''Spilosoma heterogenea'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Max Bartel in 1903. It is found in Angola , national_anthem = "Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital ...
'' Bartel, 1903 * ''
Spilosoma holoxantha ''Spilosoma holoxantha'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1907. It is found in Nigeria and Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the nor ...
'' (Hampson, 1907) * ''
Spilosoma immaculata ''Spilosoma immaculata'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Max Bartel in 1903. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and South Africa South Africa, officiall ...
'' Bartel, 1903 * ''
Spilosoma jordani ''Spilosoma jordani'' is a moth in 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 ...
'' Debauche, 1938 * ''
Spilosoma jussiaeae ''Spilosoma jussiaeae'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Felipe Poey in 1832. It is found on Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the ...
'' (Poey, 1832) * '' Spilosoma karschi'' Bartel, 1903 * '' Spilosoma latiradiata'' (Hampson, 1901) * '' Spilosoma maniemae'' Kiriakoff, 1965 * ''
Spilosoma mediocinerea ''Spilosoma mediocinerea'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1956. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasi ...
'' (Toulgoët, 1956) * ''
Spilosoma mediopunctata ''Spilosoma mediopunctata'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Arnold Pagenstecher in 1903. It is found in Ethiopia and Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ ...
'' (Pagenstecher, 1903) * ''
Spilosoma melanimon ''Spilosoma melanimon'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1880. It is found in Madagascar. Description Female Head and thorax deep red brown; basal joint of antennæ orange; femora orange above; abdomen oran ...
'' Mabille, 1880 * '' Spilosoma nigrocastanea'' (Rothschild, 1917) * ''
Spilosoma nigrocincta ''Spilosoma nigrocincta'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1914. It is found in Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Mada ...
'' (Kenrick, 1914) * ''
Spilosoma nyasana ''Spilosoma nyasana'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1933. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya and Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic ...
'' Rothschild, 1933 * ''
Spilosoma occidens ''Spilosoma occidens'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Larva have been reported feeding on ''Malvacea ...
'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''
Spilosoma pales ''Spilosoma pales'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Description The male was described as: head and thorax deep orange, on the latter shading to yellow behi ...
'' (Druce, 1910) * ''
Spilosoma pauliani ''Spilosoma pauliani'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1956. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara ...
'' (Toulgoët, 1956) * ''
Spilosoma pellucida ''Spilosoma pellucida'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Ghana. Description Male Head and thorax ochreous with a fulvous tinge; antennae with the branches brown; abdomen pale yellow ...
'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''
Spilosoma penultimum ''Spilosoma penultimum'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1965. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country ...
'' Kiriakoff, 1965 * ''
Spilosoma pseudambrensis ''Spilosoma pseudambrensis'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1961. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madaga ...
'' (Toulgoët, 1961) * ''
Spilosoma quadrimacula ''Spilosoma quadrimacula'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1977. It is found in Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya offic ...
'' Toulgoët, 1977 * ''
Spilosoma rava ''Spilosoma rava'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1898. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, the Gambia and Uga ...
'' (Druce, 1898) * ''
Spilosoma tenuivena ''Spilosoma tenuivena'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1965. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Co ...
'' Kiriakoff, 1965 * ''
Spilosoma togoensis ''Spilosoma togoensis'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Max Bartel in 1903. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and To ...
'' Bartel, 1903 * ''
Spilosoma turlini ''Spilosoma turlini'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët Hervé de Toulgoët (28 March 1911 – 14 September 2009) was a French entomologist. He specialised in moths of the families Arctiinae (moth), Arcti ...
'' Toulgoët, 1973


Species of unclear status

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Spilosoma alberti ''Spilosoma alberti'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1914. It is found on Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Ind ...
'' (Rothschild, 1914) * ''
Spilosoma alticola ''Spilosoma alticola'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1891. It is found in Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), ...
'' Rogenhofer, 1891 * ''
Spilosoma cajetani ''Spilosoma cajetani'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found on Seram Island Seram (formerly spelled Ceram; also Seran or Serang) is the largest and main island of Maluku province of ...
'' Rothschild, 1910 * ''
Spilosoma clasnaumanni ''Spilosoma clasnaumanni'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Lars Kühne in 2005. It is found in Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , i ...
'' Kühne, 2005 * ''
Spilosoma clava ''Spilosoma clava'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Alfred Ernest Wileman 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 ...
'' (Wileman, 1910) * '' Spilosoma eldorado'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''
Spilosoma euryphlebia ''Spilosoma euryphlebia'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1903. It is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It i ...
'' (Hampson, 1903) * ''
Spilosoma fraterna ''Spilosoma fraterna'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found on Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Ind ...
'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''
Spilosoma fumida ''Spilosoma fumida'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Alfred Ernest Wileman 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 ...
'' (Wileman, 1910) * ''
Spilosoma fuscipennis ''Spilosoma fuscipennis'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1894. It is found in the Himalaya The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subco ...
'' Hampson, 1894 * ''
Spilosoma fusifrons ''Spilosoma fusifrons'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in southern India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-larg ...
'' Walker,
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Spilosoma metaleuca ''Spilosoma metaleuca'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1905. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naij ...
'' (Hampson, 1905) * ''
Spilosoma obliqua ''Spilosoma obliqua'', the jute hairy caterpillar or Bihar hairy caterpillar, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in south-eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Subspecies *''Spilarctia o ...
'' (Walker, 1855) * ''
Spilosoma roseata ''Spilosoma roseata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found on Java in Indonesia. Description Male Head and thorax pale ochreous; palpi, sides of frons, and antennae black; pectus black; le ...
'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''
Spilosoma sagittifera ''Spilosoma sagittifera'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1888. It is found in India, Nepal, China and Taiwan. Taxonomy Lepindex considers ''Spilosoma sagittifera'' to be a synonym for ''Spilo ...
'' Moore, 1888 * ''
Spilosoma semperi ''Spilosoma semperi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found on Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indones ...
'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''
Spilosoma sumatrana ''Spilosoma sumatrana'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1905. It is found on Sumatra, Java and in Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional mo ...
'' (Swinhoe, 1905) * ''
Spilosoma virgulae ''Spilosoma virgulae'' is a moth in 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 ...
'' Černý, 2011 * ''
Spilosoma wahri ''Spilosoma wahri'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1933. It is found on Timor Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is div ...
'' Rothschild, 1933 * ''
Spilosoma wildi ''Spilosoma wildi'' is a moth in 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 gr ...
'' De Vos, 2013 * ''
Spilosoma wilemani ''Spilosoma wilemani'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1914. It is found in Taiwan and Japan's southern Ryukyu Islands The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese island ...
'' (Rothschild, 1914) * '' Spilosoma withaari'' De Vos, 2013


Species separated into ''

Ardices ''Ardices'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855 and the moths are found in Australia. Species * '' Ardices canescens'' Butler, 1875 * '' Ardices glatignyi'' (Le Guillou, 1841) Su ...
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* ''
Spilosoma canescens ''Ardices canescens'', the dark-spotted tiger moth or light ermine moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae that is found across most of Australia. It originally was included in the genus ''Spilosoma'', but later the generic status of ''Ardices' ...
'' Butler, 1875 – dark-spotted tiger moth * ''
Spilosoma curvata ''Ardices curvata'', the crimson tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was first described by Edward Donovan in 1805 and it is found in Australia. The species was formerly included in ''Spilosoma'', but later generic status of ''Ard ...
'' Donovan, 1805 – crimson tiger moth * ''
Spilosoma glatignyi ''Ardices glatignyi'', the black and white tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae that is found in Australia. The species was first described by Le Guillou in 1841. Formerly included in ''Spilosoma'', but later generic status of ''Ard ...
'' (Le Guillou, 1841) – black and white tiger moth


Species separated into ''

Toulgarctia ''Toulgarctia'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae from Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is ...
''

* ''
Spilosoma griveaudi ''Toulgarctia griveaudi'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1957. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasik ...
'' (Toulgoët, 1957) * ''
Spilosoma luteoradians ''Toulgarctia luteoradians'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1954. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madaga ...
'' (Toulgoët, 1954) * ''
Spilosoma milloti ''Toulgarctia milloti'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1954. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikar ...
'' (Toulgoët, 1954) * ''
Spilosoma viettei ''Toulgarctia viettei'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1954. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikar ...
'' (Toulgoët, 1954) * ''
Spilosoma vieui ''Toulgarctia vieui'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1957. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, ...
'' (Toulgoët, 1957)


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