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Spilosoma erythrozona is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Vincenz Kollar in 1844. It is found in China (south-western Xinjiang, Tibet), eastern Afghanistan and Himalayas.[1]

Spilosoma erythrozona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Spilosoma
Species:	S. erythrozona
Binomial name
Spilosoma erythrozona (Kollar, [1844])
Synonyms
Euprepia erythrozona Kollar, [1844] Diacrisia erythrozona Spilosoma cognata Walker, 1869

Description

Head and thorax white; abdomen crimson above with black bands; white below, with two series of black spots. Wings white, some specimens with traces of a spot at end of cell and sub-marginal spots to both wings. Hab. JM. VV. Himalayas; Kashmir. Wingspan of the male 40 mm, female 46 mm.[2]

References

• Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma erythrozonata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018. Note: This source misspells the specific name. The original description, linked below, confirms the spelling used here.
• von Hügel, Carl Freiherrn (1844). Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek. p. 468 – via Internet Archive.
• Spilosoma erythrozona at BOLD
• Spilosoma erythrozona at BHL

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