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Spilosoma mediopunctata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Arnold Pagenstecher in 1903. It is found in Ethiopia and Somalia.[1]

Spilosoma mediopunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Spilosoma
Species:	S. mediopunctata
Binomial name
Spilosoma mediopunctata (Pagenstecher, 1903)
Synonyms
Amsacta mediopunctata Pagenstecher, 1903 Estigmene mediopunctata Hampson, 1920

Description

Female

Head, thorax, and abdomen orange yellow; antennae black, except basal joint; abdomen with lateral series of black points and two small sublateral spots towards extremity. Forewing pale yellow; a subbasal black point in cell, points in upper and lower angles of cell and two beyond lower angle. Hindwing pale yellow with black discoidal spot.

Wingspan 28 mm.[2]

References

• Spilosoma mediopunctata at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spilosoma mediopunctata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.

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