Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Noctuoidea Arctiidae Arctiinae

• Spilosoma daitoensis (Matsumura, 1930) Taiwan

  • Diacrisia daitoensis Matsumura, 1930; Insecta Matsumurana, 5: 33; TL: Formosa

  • Spilosoma daitoensis; [DubO]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma erythrozona (Kollar, [1844]) E.Afghanistan, Kashmir, NW.Himalayas, W.Xinjiang?, S.Tibet?. See [maps]

  • Euprepia erythrozona Kollar, [1844]; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek 4: 468
  • Spilosoma cognata Walker, 1869; Characters undescr. Lepid. Heterocera: 11; TL: NW.Himalayas
    • = ; [DubO]

  • Diacrisia erythrozona; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 269, pl. 44, f. 21; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 124
  • Spilarctia erthrozona[sic, erythrozona]; Kaleka, 2007, Zoos' Print J. 22(9): 2824
  • Spilosoma erythrozona; [DubO]; Singh, Singh & Joshi, 2014, Rec. Zool. Survey India. Occ. Pap 367: 19; [AMI1], 59; [iNaturalist] ; [SZMN]
  • Spilosoma erythrozonata; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Spilosoma extrema Daniel, 1943 Yunnan. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma menthastri extrema Daniel, 1943; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 33 (3): 732, pl. 20, f. 15

  • Spilosoma extrema; [DubO]; [CoL]
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda extrema; [LepIndex]
• Spilosoma fujianensis Fang, 1981 Fujian. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma fujianense; [DubO]
• Spilosoma likiangensis Daniel, 1943 Yunnan, Guangxi. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma likiangensis Daniel, 1943; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 33 (3): 739, pl. 20, f. 16; TL: Li-kiang (N.Yuannan)

  • Spilosoma likiangense; [DubO]
  • Spilosoma likiangensis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma lubricipeda (Linnaeus, 1758) EU, Russia, AC, AN, E.Asia, Korea, Japan, Asia Minor, Caucasus. See [maps] Yleinen tiikerikehrääjä White Ermine Weiße Tigermotte Tiikerisiilikäs tejszînü medvelepke Écaille Tigrée Allmän tigerspinnare

  • Phalaena lubricipeda Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 505
  • Bombyx lubricipeda alba Hufnagel, 1766; Berlin. Magazin, 2 (4): 412
  • Bombyx menthastri Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend: 54
    • = Spilosoma lubricipedum; Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 66 #84; [RFEL]
  • Phalaena lepus Retzius, 1783; Gen. Spec. Ins.: 37
  • Bombyx menthastri Esper, 1786; Die. Schmett., Th. III (27): 334, (25): pl. 66, f. 6-10
  • Bombyx mendica Rossi, 1790; Fauna Etrusc. 2: 174
  • Phalaena (Bombyx) erminea Marsham, 1791; Trans. Linn. Soc. 1: 70, pl. 1, f. 1
  • Chelonia luxerii Godart, 1822; Hist. Nat. Lépid. Fr. 4: 360, pl. 37, f. 4
  • Spilosoma walkeri Curtis, 1825; British Entomology 2: pl. 92
  • Spilosoma urticae ab. paucipuncta Fuchs, 1892; Jb. Nass. Ver. Naturk. 45: 89
    • = ; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 368
  • Spilosoma menthastri ab. brunnea Oberthür, 1896; Étud. d'Ent. 20: pl. 12, f. 221-223
    • = ; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 368
  • Spilosoma menthastri var. scotica Tutt, 1902; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 14: 188
  • Spilosoma menthastri ab. unipuncta Strand, 1903; Archiv for Math. Natur. 25 (9): 23
    • = ; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 368
  • Spilosoma menthastri ab. ochrea Seitz, 1910; Gross-Schmett. Erde 2: 87, pl. 15 g
  • Spilosoma menthastri ab. krieghoffi Seitz, 1910; Gross-Schmett. Erde 2: 87 (Pabst., nom. nud.?)
  • Spilosoma menthastri ab. ochrea Linstow, 1911; Int. ent. Zs. 5 (37): 265
    • = ; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 368
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda ab. transitoria Oberthür, 1911; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 6: 326, pl. 122, f. 1079-1081
    • = ; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 368
  • Diacrisia lubricipeda godarti Oberthür, 1911; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 6: 326, pl. 122, f. 1079-1981
    • = ; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 368
  • Diacrisia lubricipeda ab. albiramis Strand, 1919; Lepid. Cat. 22: 188 (Hampson "Ab. 3")
  • Spilosoma menthastri ab. flavotergata Kardakoff, 1928; Ent. Mitt. 17 (8): 415, pl. 8, f. 7
  • Spilosoma menthastri ab. apicistrigata Kardakoff, 1928; Ent. Mitt. 17 (8): 416, pl. 8, f. 8-9
  • hartigi Dannehl, 1928; Ent. Zs. 42 (8): 88
  • unipuncta (Derenne, 1929) (Diacrisia); Lambillionea 29: 34
  • nigrita (Mannes, 1929) (Spilarctia); Int. ent. Zs. 23: 317
  • Diacrisia menthastri chishimana Matsumura, 1929; Insecta Matsumurana 3 (4): 167
    • = Spilosoma lubricipedum; Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 66 #84; [RFEL]
  • Diacrisia mashuensis Matsumura, 1930; Insecta Matsumurana, 5: 34, t. 1, f. 1; TL: Hokkaido
    • = Spilosoma lubricipedum (masuensis); Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 66 #84
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda ab. nigroundulata Nitsche, 1935; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 84 (s.b.): 5
  • edelsteni (Tams, 1937) (Diacrisia); Entomologist 70: 203
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda ab. nigrescens Cockayne, 1942; Ent. Rec. J. Var 54: 34; TL: Walthamstow
  • hagetti (Classey, 1947) (Diacrisia); Entomologist 80: 146
  • Spilosoma menthastri elegans Bryk, 1948; Ark. Zool. 41 A (1): 43
    • = Spilosoma lubricipedum; Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 66 #84; [RFEL]
  • Spilosoma menthastri ab. romaniszyni Schnaider, 1950; Polskie Pismo. Ent. 19 (3-4): 243
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda ab. postmagnipuncta Cockayne, 1951; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 63: 264; TL: E. Kent
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda ab. venosa Cockayne, 1951; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 63: 264; TL: Edinburgh
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda ab. nigricosta Cockayne, 1951; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 63: 264; TL: Elgin
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda ab. semibrunnea Cockayne, 1951; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 63: 264
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda ab. bipartita Cockayne, 1951; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 63: 264; TL: Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda ab. basistriata Cockayne, 1951; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 63: 265; TL: Greenhithe
  • postipuncta van Wisselingh, 1961; Ent. Ber. 21: 39
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda f. bifasciata Lempke, 1961; Tijdschr. Ent. 104 (8): 137
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda f. centristriata Lempke, 1961; Tijdschr. Ent. 104 (8): 137
  • sotiriadis Koutsaftikis, 1973; Ann. Musei Goulandris 1: 224
  • reisseri Koutsaftikis, 1973; Ann. Musei Goulandris 1: 224

  • Diacrisia lubricipeda; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 271
  • Spilosoma bipartitum; [iNaturalist]
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda elegans; [LepIndex]
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda reisseri; [LepIndex]
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda sotiriadis; [LepIndex]
  • Spilosoma lubricipeda; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 368; [FE]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler]
  • Spilosoma lubricipedum; [SPRK]; Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 66 #84; [DubO]; Singh, Singh & Joshi, 2014, Rec. Zool. Survey India. Occ. Pap 367: 19; [RFEL]; [MBE] ; [SZMN] ; [SVF]
  • Spilosoma mashuensis; [LepIndex]
  • Spilosoma menthastri; Grum-Grshimailo, 1890, in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 539; Daniel, 1943, Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 33 (3): 728, pl. 20, f. 6, 15

  1024x768 (~132Kb) ♀ Russia, Moscow, 11.7.2004, Photo © D. Smirnov

  1024x620 (~115Kb) ♂ Russia, Moscow area, 12.6.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov

  412x248 (~18Kb) ♂

  Larva on (as lubricipedum) Salix phylicifolia, Urtica dioeca, Polygonum spp., P. calcatum, Rumex spp., Rubus idaeus, Pisum sativum, Trifolium spp., T. repens, Geranium sanguineum, Vaccinium uliginosum, Plantago major, Taraxacum spp., Lactuca sativa [SPRK]

  • S. l. lubricipeda

    • Diacrisia lubricipeda lubricipeda; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 124
    • Spilosoma lubricipedum lubricipedum; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 242
• Spilosoma ningyuenfui Daniel, 1943 -. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma ningyuenfui Daniel, 1943; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 33 (3): 737, pl. 20, f. 17-19; TL: Li-kiang (N.Yunnan)

  • Spilosoma ningyuenfui; [DubO]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • S. n. ninguenfui Yunnan

    • Spilosoma ningyuenfui ninguenfui; [DubO]
  • S. n. flava Daniel, 1943 Sichuan, Tibet

    • Spilosoma ningyuenfui flava Daniel, 1943; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 33 (3): 738, pl. 20, f. 19

    • Spilosoma ningyuenfui flava; [DubO]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Spilosoma punctaria (Stoll, [1782]) Middle Amur, Primorye, S.Kuril Is., China - Tibet, Korea, Japan. See [maps]

  • Bombyx punctaria Stoll, [1782]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (32-32): 233, pl. 398, f. D
  • Spilosoma punctaria ab. opulenta Kardakoff, 1928; Ent. Mitt. 17 (8): 416, pl. 8, f. 10

  • Diacrisia punctaria; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 268; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 123
  • Spilosoma punctaria; [DubO]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Spilosoma punctarium; Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 66 #85; [RFEL]; [SZMN]
  • S. p. punctaria Japan

    • Arctia punctigera Motschulsky, [1861]; Etud. Ent. 9: 31, pl. 1, f. 7
      • = Spilosoma punctarium; Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 66 #85
    • Spilosoma roseiventer Snellen, 1863; Tijds. ent. 6: 143; TL: Japan
      • = Spilosoma punctarium; Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 66 #85
    • Spilosoma punctarium miserata Bryk, 1942; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 56: 33
      • = Spilosoma punctarium; Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 66 #85

    • Spilosoma punctaria miserata; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • S. p. dornesii Oberthür, 1879 China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaonin, Beijing, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Fujian, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan), Tibet, SE.Russia, Korea

    • Spilosoma dornesii Oberthür, 1879; Diagn. Lep. Askold: 6
      • = Spilosoma punctarium; Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 66 #85
    • Spilosoma doerriesi Oberthür, 1880; Étud. d'Ent. 5: 31, pl. 1, f. 7
      • = Spilosoma punctarium; Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 66 #85
      • = ; [DubO]

    • Spilosoma punctaria dornesii; [DubO]
    • Spilosoma punctarium dornesii; [RFEL]
• Spilosoma rubidus (Leech, 1890) Korea, China (Hubei, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Hebei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Huan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Jilin, Shanxi, Henan, Guangxi, Heilongjiang, Guangdong), Taiwan. See [maps]

  • Dionychopus rubidus Leech, 1890; Entomologist 23: 111; TL: Chang Yang
  • Spilosoma leucoptera Alphéraky, 1897; in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 9: 170, pl. 10, f. 8
    • = Spilarctia rubida; Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005, Tinea 18 (4): 274
    • = Spilarctia rubidum; [RFEL]

  • Spilarctia rubida; Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005, Tinea 18 (4): 274, f. 21
  • Spilosoma rubidum; [DubO]; [RFEL](?) ,
  • Spilosoma rubidus; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma urticae (Esper, 1789) EU, N.Iran, S.Siberia, Amur. See [maps] Water Ermine Écaille de l'ortie Vit tigerspinnare Nesselbär Janösiilikäs Valkea tiikerikehrääjä

  • Phalaena (Bombyx) urticae Esper, 1789; Die. Schmett., Th. III (Suppl.) (1-2): 20, (3-4): pl. 83, f. 2
    • = ; Hacker, 1999, Esperiana 7: 460
  • Phalaena (Bombyx) papyracea Marsham, 1793; Mag. Thierreichs: 7, pl. 1, f. 4
  • ?Spilosoma urticae var. quadri-punctata Cosmovici, 1892; Le Naturaliste (2) 6 (138): 280; TL: Romania
  • radiata Spuler, 1906; Schmett. Eur. 2: 129
  • Spilosoma urticae ab. pluripuncta Rebel, [1909]; in Berge, Schmetterlingsbuch (edn 9): 426
    • = ; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 368
  • Spilosoma urticae ab. nigrostriata Schawerda, 1910; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 60 (s.b.): 220
    • = ; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 368
  • Spilosoma urticae ab. alexandri Pazsiczky, 1915; Rovart. Lapok 22: 88
  • peralbata Dannehl, 1928; Ent. Zs. 42 (8): 88
  • aestiva Wize, 1936; Polskie Pismo Ent. 13: 113
  • Spilosoma urticae f. marginestriata Lempke, 1961; Tijdschr. Ent. 104 (8): 140
  • Spilosoma urticae f. pura Lempke, 1961; Tijdschr. Ent. 104 (8): 141
  • lacticolor van Wisselingh, 1961; Ent. Ber. 21: 39

  • Diacrisia urticae; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 270; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 124
  • Spilosoma urticae; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 368; Daniel, 1943, Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 33 (3): 734, pl. 20, f. 1-5; [SPRK]; [BSW]; Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 66 #86; [DubO]; [FE]; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SZMN] ; [SVF]

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  700x538 (~46Kb) Finland, Ka: Virolahti, Virojoki (6719:539), 4.7.2004, Photo © Markku Savela

  396x262 (~14Kb)

  Larva on (Sweden) Mentha , Plantago , Polygonum , Urtica [SPRK], Rumex , Mentha , Senecio , Galium , Menyanthes [BSW]

  • S. u. urticae EU, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, N.Uzbekistan, S.Siberia, Middle Amur

    • Phalaena papyratia Marsham, 1791; Trans. Linn. Soc. 1: 72, pl. 1, f. 4

    • Spilosoma urticae urticae; Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 66 #86a; [CoL] ; [SZMN]
  • S. u. sangaica Walker, [1865] Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan?

    • Spilosoma sangaica Walker, [1865]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 294; TL: Shanghai
      • = Spilosoma lubricipeda; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 368
      • = Spilosoma urticae; [DubO]; [RFEL]

    • Diacrisia lubricipeda sangaica; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 125

    Misidentified/misapplied:

    • Diacrisia sangaicum; Hampson, 1894, Fauna Br. India (Moths) 2: 3
  • S. u. mandli Schawerda, 1922 S.Primorye

    • Spilosoma mandli Schawerda, 1922; Zs. Öst. EntVer. 7: 11; TL: Nikolsk Ussurijs
      • = Spilosoma urticae; [RFEL]

    • Spilosoma urticae mandli; Dubatolov, 1996, Neue Ent. Nachr. 37: 66 #86b; [CoL] ; [SZMN]
• Spilosoma virginica (Fabricius, 1798) S.Canada, USA, Mexico. See [maps] Yellow Bear (larva) Diacrisie de Virginia Virginian Tiger Moth virginiaei medvelepke Yellow woolly-bear (larva) Virginia Ermine Moth

  • Bombyx virginica Fabricius, 1798; Ent. Syst. (Suppl.): 437; TL: America boreali
  • Spilosoma virginica ab. fumosa Strecker, 1900; Lep. Rhopal. Het., Suppl. 3: 28; TL: NY, Batavia
    • = ; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 365; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 11; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014, Zoosystema 36 (2): 395

  • Diacrisia virginica; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 267; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 123
  • Diacrisia virginica f. fumosa; [HMB], 127, pl. XVI, f. 7
  • Spilosoma virginica; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 365; [NACL], #8137; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 29; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 11; [NACL93], #0316; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014, Zoosystema 36 (2): 395; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]
  • Spilosoma virginicum; ; [SZMN]
• Spilosoma jussiaeae (Poey, 1832) Cuba. See [maps]

  • Arctia jussiaeae Poey, 1832; Centurie Lèpid. Cuba: pl. [17]; TL: Cuba

  • Diacrisia jussieuae[sic, jussiaeae]; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 267, pl. 44, f. 18
  • Spilosoma jussiaeae; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 29; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014, Zoosystema 36 (2): 395; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma latipennis Stretch, 1872 ENA. See [maps] Pink-legged Tiger Moth Red-legged Diacrisia

  • Spilosoma latipennis Stretch, 1872; Illust. Zygaenidae & Bombycidae 1: 133, pl. 6, f. 5

  • Diacrisia latipennis; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 266; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 122; [HMB], 128, pl. XIV, f. 6
  • Spilosoma latipennis; [NACL], #8133; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 29; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 11; [NACL93], #0311; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
• Spilosoma congrua Walker, 1855 -. See [maps] White-bodied Estigmene Agreeable Tiger Moth

  • Spilosoma congrua Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 669; TL: USA, Georgia

  • Estigmene congrua; [HMB], 123, pl. XVI, f. 8
  • Spilosoma congrua; [NACL], #8134; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 11; [NACL93], #0309; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]

  Misidentified/misapplied:

  • Spilosoma congrua (= Spilosoma virginica); Walker, 1855, List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 669 (part, ♀)
  • S. c. congrua NA.Georgia, ..., Mexico

    • Spilosoma congrua congrua; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 29; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014, Zoosystema 36 (2): 395
  • S. c. antigone Strecker, 1878 Colorado

    • Spilosoma antigone Strecker, 1878; in Ruffner, Ann. Rep. Chief of Engineers, App. SS for 1878: 1860; TL: Colorado, Rio Blanco
      • = Spilosoma congrua; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 11
    • Spilosoma athena Strecker, 1899; Lep. Rhopal. Het., Suppl. 2: 4; TL: Colorado
      • = Spilosoma congrua; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 11
      • = ; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014, Zoosystema 36 (2): 395

    • Spilosoma congrua antigone; [NACL], #8134a; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 29; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014, Zoosystema 36 (2): 395; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Spilosoma vestalis Packard, 1864 British Colombia, California, Oregon. See [maps] Vestal Tiger-moth

  • Spilosoma vestalis Packard, 1864; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3 (1): 125; TL: San Francisco, California
  • Spilosoma vestalis var. amelaina Dyar, 1893; Psyche 6: 512; TL: Oregon, Portland
    • = ; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 11; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014, Zoosystema 36 (2): 396
  • Diacrisia echo Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 122; TL: ? (labelled Asia!)
    • = Estigmene acrea; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 356, 436 ♀; [NACL], #8131 ♀
    • = Maenas vestalis; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 356 ♂
    • = ; [NACL], #8135 ♂; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 11; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014, Zoosystema 36 (2): 396

  • Maenas vestalis; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 250; [HMB], 127, pl. XVI, f. 5; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 356
  • Spilosoma echo; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
  • Spilosoma vestalis; [NACL], #8135; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 29; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 11; [NACL93], #0312; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014, Zoosystema 36 (2): 396; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]
• Spilosoma dubia (Walker, 1855) ENA. See [maps] Dubious Tiger Moth

  • Cycnia dubia Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 682; TL: St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay
  • Spilosoma prima Slosson, 1889; Ent. Amer. 5: 40; TL: Franconia, N.H.
    • = ; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 11

  • Estigmene acraea dubia; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 165
  • Estigmene prima; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 346, pl. 48, f. 21
  • Spilosoma dubia; [NACL], #8136; [NACL93], #0310; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
• Spilosoma vagans (Boisduval, 1852) WNA. See [maps] Wandering Diacrisia

  • Arctia vagans Boisduval, 1852; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 10 (2): 322; TL: N.California

  • Diacrisia vagans; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 307; [HMB], 128, pl. XIV, f. 33; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 147
  • Spilosoma vagans; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 410; [NACL], #8138; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 12; [NACL93], #0313; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [PNWM] ; [SZMN] ; [BAMONA]
  • S. v. vagans

    • Nemeophila rufula Boisduval, 1855; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (3) 3: 32
      • = Spilosoma vagans; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 12
    • Rhagonis bicolor Walker, 1862; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1: 270; TL: California
      • = Spilosoma vagans; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 410; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 12
    • Antarctia punctata Packard, 1864; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3 (1): 123; TL: Mendocino City, California
      • = Spilosoma vagans; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 12
    • Antarctia punctata var. proba H. Edwards, 1881; Papilio 1 (3): 39
      • = Spilosoma vagans; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 12
    • Antarctia walsinghamii Butler, 1881; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 8: 311; TL: California, Rouge R.
      • = Spilosoma vagans; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 12

    • Spilosoma vagans vagans; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 29; [P&N23]
  • S. v. kasloa (Dyar, 1904) British Columbia

    • Diacrisia kasloa Dyar, 1904; Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 6 (1): 18
      • = Spilosoma rubra; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 410

    • Spilosoma vagans kasloa; [NACL], #8138a; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 29; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 12; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Spilosoma pteridis H. Edwards, 1874 WNA, British Columbia. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma (Diaphora) pteridis H. Edwards, 1874; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 5: 264; TL: Vancouver I.
  • Elpis rubra var. danbyi Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893; Ent. News 4 (4): 141; TL: [?] Victoria, B. C.
    • = ; [NACL93c], #0314

  • Spilosoma danbyi; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 411; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: ; [NACL93], #0315; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
  • Spilosoma pteridis; [NACL], #8139; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 12; [NACL93], #0314; [NACL93c], #0314; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]

  Larva on Pteris aquilina H. Edwards, 1874, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 5: 264

  • S. p. pteridis

    • Spilosoma pteridis pteridis; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 29
  • S. p. rubra (Neumoegen, 1881) Ruddy Diacrisia

    • Antarctia rubra Neumoegen, 1881; Papilio 1 (5): 79; TL: Mount Hood, Oregon
      • = Spilosoma pteridis; Schmidt & Opler, 2008, Zootaxa 1677: 12

    • Diacrisia rubra; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 307, pl. 46, f. 7; [HMB], 128, pl. XIV, f. 32
    • Elpis rubra; Dyar, 1893, Ent. News 4 (1): 36
    • Spilosoma pteridis rubra; [NACL], #8139a; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 29; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
    • Spilosoma rubra; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 410
• Spilosoma pelopea (Druce, 1897) Mexico. See [maps]

  • Euchaetes pelopea Druce, 1897; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 2: 393, 3: pl. 77, f. 8; TL: Mexico, Guadalajara

  • Diacrisia pelopea; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 295
  • Spilosoma pelopea; Watson & Goodger, 1986, Occ. papers on syst. entomology 1: 29; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014, Zoosystema 36 (2): 395; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

• Spilosoma albiventre Kiriakoff, 1963 Tanzania, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma albiventre Kiriakoff, 1963; Explor. Nat. Albert 16 (2): 107; TL: Zaire, Kalonge

  • Spilosoma albiventre; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 17; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma alticola Rogenhofer, 1891 Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma alticola Rogenhofer, 1891; Ann. Mus. Wien 6 (3): 464; TL: Kilima-Ndjaro

  • Spilosoma alticola; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma atrivenata Rothschild, 1933 Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma atrivenata Rothschild, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 179; TL: Tanzania, Kalambo R

  • Spilosoma atrivenata; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 17; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma batesi (Rothschild, 1910) Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Teracotona batesi Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 181; TL: Cameroun, Ja River

  • Spilosoma batesi; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 372; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 17; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma baxteri (Rothschild, 1910) Tanzania, Malawi, Kenya. See [maps]

  • Amsacta baxteri Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 157, 18: pl. 3, f. 35; TL: Tanzania, Mpuapua

  • Spilosoma baxteri; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 393; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 17; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma bipartita Rothschild, 1933 Zaire, Angola, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma bipartita Rothschild, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 179; TL: Malawi, Zomba
  • Spilosoma unimaculata Bartel, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1): 185; TL: [Tanzania] Dar-es-Salaam
    • = ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 17

  • Spilosoma bipartita; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 17; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
  • Spilosoma unimaculata; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 533 (unrecognized)
• Spilosoma brunneomixta Toulgoët, 1971 Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma brunneomixta Toulgoët, 1971; Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 76 (3-4): 87; TL: Madagascar, environs de Tananarive

  • Spilosoma brunneomixta; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 17; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma buryi (Rothschild, 1910) Ghana, Nigeria. See [maps]

  • Diacrisia buryi Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 126; TL: Gold Coast, Gambaga

  • Maenas buryi; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 355
  • Spilosoma buryi; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 17; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma castelli Rothschild, 1933 -. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma castelli Rothschild, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 176; TL: Senegal, Sédhiou

  • Spilosoma castelli; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • S. c. castelli Senegal

    • Spilosoma castelli castelli; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [AfroMoths]
  • S. c. grandis Rothschild, 1933 Nigeria

    • castelli grandis Rothschild, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 177; TL: Nigeria, Bauchi Plateau

    • Spilosoma castelli grandis; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL]
• Spilosoma clasnaumanni Kühne, 2005 Uganda, Kenya. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma clasnaumanni Kühne, 2005; Lambillionea 105 (3): 488; TL: Kenya, Kakamega Forest N. R.

  • Spilosoma clasnaumanni; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma crossi (Rothschild, 1910) Gambia, Nigeria. See [maps]

  • Diacrisia crossi Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 141; TL: Nigeria (Assaba; Warri; Agberri, Niger R); Gambia, Bathurst

  • Spilosoma crossi; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 395, pl. 60, f. 3; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855 Zaire, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Senegal. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 671; TL: [Zaire] Congo
  • Diacrisia curvilinea ab. obsoletilinea Strand, 1919; Lepid. Cat. 22: 175; TL: Gambia
  • Estigmene senegalensis Rothschild, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 185; TL: [Senegal,] Sédhiou

  • Diacrisia curvilinea; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 275, pl. 44, f. 4; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 126
  • Estigmene senegalensis; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 9; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
  • Spilosoma curvilinea; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]

  Larva on Dioscorea , Zea mays Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 26

• Spilosoma dufranei Kiriakoff, 1965 Zaire. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma dufranei Kiriakoff, 1965; Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg. 41 (8): 11; TL: Zaire, Nizi (Kibali)

  • Spilosoma dufranei; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma elmagna Bucsek, 2012 Malaysia. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma elmagna Bucsek, 2012; Malaysia Inst. Zool.: (1-170)

  • Spilosoma elmagna; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma euryphlebia (Hampson, 1903) S.Africa, Malawi, Zimbabwe. See [maps]

  • Diacrisia euryphlebia Hampson, 1903; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 11 (64): 351; TL: Zululand, Lower Tugela

  • Spilosoma euryphlebia; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 394, pl. 59, f. 18; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
  • Spilosoma euryphlebium; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma feifensis Wiltshire, 1986 Arabia. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma feifensis Wiltshire, 1986; Fauna of Saudi Arabia 8: 289; TL: Saudi Arabia, Prov. Gizan, Fifa

  • Spilosoma feifensis; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma flavidior Gaede, 1923

  • Spilosoma flavidior Gaede, 1923; Ent. Rundsch. 40 (4): 14; TL: Tropical Africa

  • Spilosoma flavidior; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [AfroMoths]
• Spilosoma gynephaea (Hampson, 1901) Zimbabwe, S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Estigmene gynephaea Hampson, 1901; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 8 (45): 185; TL: Mashonaland, Salisbury

  • Estigmene gynephaea; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 433, pl. 62, f. 5 ♂, 6 ♀
  • Spilosoma gynephaea; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Spilosoma gynephaeum; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma hercules (Toulgoët, 1956) Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Spilarctia hercules Toulgoët, 1956; Revue Fr. ent. 23: 131; TL: Madagascar, Ranomafana

  • Spilosoma hercules; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma heterogenea Bartel, 1903 Angola. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma heterogenea Bartel, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1): 192; TL: Angola

  • Spilosoma heterogenea; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 533 (unrecognized); Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma holoxantha (Hampson, 1907) Uganda, Uganda. See [maps]

  • Diacrisia holoxantha Hampson, 1907; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 19 (111): 236; TL: Nigeria, Old Calabar

  • Diacrisia holoxantha; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 138
  • Spilosoma holoxantha; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 392, pl. 59, f. 13; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903 Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Zaire, ..., S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1): 190; TL: Cameroun, Buea

  • Diacrisia immaculata; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 139
  • Spilosoma immaculata; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 533 (unrecognized); Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma jordani Debauche, 1938 C.A.R. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma jordani Debauche, 1938; Bull. Mus. R. Hist. nat. Belg. 14 (9): 15; TL: C.A.R, Banbgui, Oubangui-Chari

  • Spilosoma jordani; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma karschi Bartel, 1903 Guinea-Bissau, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria, Zaire, Uganda, Malawi. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma karschi Bartel, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1): 189; TL: Togo, Bismarckburg

  • Spilosoma carschi[sic, karschi]; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 432, pl. 57, f. 4
  • Spilosoma karschi; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma latiradiata (Hampson, 1901) S.Africa, Zimbabwe. See [maps]

  • Diacrisia latiradiata Hampson, 1901; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 296, pl. 45, f. 11; TL: C.Africa, Fwambo

  • Diacrisia latiradiata; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 141
  • Spilosoma latiradiata; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Spilosoma latiradiatum; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma malayana Bucsek, 2012 Malaysia. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma malayana Bucsek, 2012; Malaysia Inst. Zool.: (1-170)

  • Spilosoma malayana; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma maniemae Kiriakoff, 1965 Zaire. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma maniemae Kiriakoff, 1965; Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg. 41 (8): 11; TL: Zaire, Kalima

  • Spilosoma maniemae; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma mediocinerea (Toulgoët, 1956) Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Spilarctia mediocinerea Toulgoët, 1956; Revue Fr. ent. 23: 128; TL: Madagascar, environ de Nosivola

  • Spilosoma mediocinerea; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma mediopunctata (Pagenstecher, 1903) Somalia, Ethiopia. See [maps]

  • Amsacta mediopunctata Pagenstecher, 1903; Jahrb. Nassau Ver. Naturk. 56: 14; TL: Somalia, Süd-Schoa, Gallaland

  • Estigmene mediopunctata; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 432, 592a, pl. 62, f. 2
  • Spilosoma mediopunctata; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma melanimon Mabille, 1880 Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma melanimon Mabille, 1880; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 23: 16; TL: Madagascar
  • Spilosoma robleti Mabille, 1893; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 37 (1): 57; TL: Madagascar

  • Pericallia melanimon; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 359, pl. 47, f. 4
  • Spilosoma melanimon; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 18; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma metaleuca (Hampson, 1905) Nigeria, Zaire, Sudan, Eritrea. See [maps]

  • Diacrisia metaleuca Hampson, 1905; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 15 (89): 447; TL: W.Africa, Niger R., Anambra

  • Diacrisia metaleuca; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 126
  • Spilosoma metaleuca; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 381, pl. 59, f. 1; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma nigrocastanea (Rothschild, 1917) Malawi. See [maps]

  • Diacrisia nigrocastanea Rothschild, 1917; Novit. Zool. 24 (2): 483; TL: [Malawi] Angoniland, Lilongwe

  • Estigmene nigrocastanea; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 433, pl. 66, f. 19
  • Spilosoma nigrocastanea; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma nigrocincta (Kenrick, 1914) Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Diacrisia nigrocincta Kenrick, 1914; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1913 (4): 600, pl. 31, f. 10; TL: Madagascar

  • Spilosoma nigrocincta; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 393; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma nyasana Rothschild, 1933 Malawi, Kenya, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma nyasana Rothschild, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 179; TL: Malawi, Zomba

  • Spilosoma nyasana; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma occidens (Rothschild, 1910) Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria. See [maps]

  • Diacrisia occidens Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 138; TL: Gambaga, Gold Coast

  • Spilosoma occidens; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 394, pl. 60, f. 2; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [AFM]
  • S. o. occidens Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria

    • Spilosoma occidens occidens; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19; [AfroMoths]

    Larva on Leguminoseae Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 26

  • S. o. nyangweensis (Strand, 1922) Zaire

    • Diacrisia nyangweensis Strand, 1922; Archiv Naturgesch. 88 A (8): 268; TL: Zaire, Nyangwe

    • Spilosoma occidens nyangweensis; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19; [AfroMoths]
• Spilosoma pales (Druce, 1910) Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Diacrisia pales Druce, 1910; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 6 (32): 169; TL: [Tanzania]

  • Spilosoma pales; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 393, pl. 59, f. 16; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma pauliani (Toulgoët, 1956) Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Spilarctia pauliani Toulgoët, 1956; Revue Fr. ent. 23: 130; TL: Madagascar, route d'Anosibe, Forêt de Sandrangato

  • Spilosoma pauliani; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma pellucida (Rothschild, 1910) Ghana, .... See [maps]

  • Diacrisia pellucida Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 154, 18: pl. 3, f. 32; TL: Ghana, Wassau district (45m. inland from Sekondi)

  • Spilosoma pellucida; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 391; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma penultimum Kiriakoff, 1965 Zaire. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma penultimum Kiriakoff, 1965; Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg. 41 (8): 11; TL: [Zaire] Bunia

  • Spilosoma penultimum; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma pseudambrensis (Toulgoët, 1961) Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Spilarctia pseudambrensis Toulgoët, 1961; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 66 (1-2): 40; TL: Madagascar, District de Diego-Suarez, Valleé Antsoa, 100m

  • Spilosoma pseudambrensis; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma quadrimacula Toulgoët, 1977 Ethiopia. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma quadrimacula Toulgoët, 1977; Mem. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. (N.S.) (Zool.) 105: 79; TL: Ethiopia, Lalokéli

  • Spilosoma quadrimacula; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898) -. See [maps]

  • Spilarctia rava Druce, 1898; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 1 (3): 211; TL: Gambia

  • Diacrisia rava; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 276, pl. 44, f. 5; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 127
  • Spilosoma rava; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • S. r. rava Gambia, Senegal, Ghana

    • Spilosoma rava rava; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19; [AfroMoths]
  • S. r. deleta Debauche, 1938 Zaire

    • Spilosoma deleta Debauche, 1938; Bull. Mus. R. Hist. nat. Belg. 14 (9): 19; TL: Zaire, Bamba

    • Spilosoma rava deleta; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL]
• Spilosoma sinefascia (Hampson, 1916) Zimabwe, ..., Nigeria. See [maps]

  • Diacrisia sinefascia Hampson, 1916; Novit. zool. 23: 236; TL: Mashonaland, Salisbury

  • Spilosoma sinefascia; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 396, pl. 60, f. 6; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma sinnemorum de Vos & van Haren, 2014 New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma sinnemorum de Vos & van Haren, 2014; Suara Serangga Papua 8 (3): [?]

  • Spilosoma sinnemorum; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma tenuivena Kiriakoff, 1965 Zaire. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma tenuivena Kiriakoff, 1965; Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg. 41 (8): 12; TL: [Zaire] Ituri, Vieux Kilo

  • Spilosoma tenuivena; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma togoensis Bartel, 1903 Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma togoensis Bartel, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1): 184; TL: Togo, Bismarckburg, Aorie, Hinterland
  • Spilosoma impunctata Rothschild, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 180; TL: Nigeria, Abinsi R., Benue; Cameroun, Yoko; Central African Republic, Fort Sibut
    • = ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19

  • Diacrisia togoensis; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 154
  • Spilosoma togoensis impunctata; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  • Spilosoma togoensis; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 420, pl. 61, f. 7; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19, f. 30, 138; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma turlini Toulgoët, 1973 Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma turlini Toulgoët, 1973; Nouv. Rev. Ent. 3: 183; TL: Madagascar, Région Ambatofinandrahana

  • Spilosoma turlini; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma wildi de Vos, 2013 New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma wildi de Vos, 2013; Sugapa 7 (4): [?]

  • Spilosoma wildi; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma withaari de Vos, 2013 New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma withaari de Vos, 2013; Sugapa 7 (4): [?]

  • Spilosoma withaari; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma yemenensis (Hampson, 1916) Arabia. See [maps]

  • Diacrisia yemenensis Hampson, 1916; Novit. zool. 23: 235; TL: Yemen

  • Spilosoma yemenensis; Hampson, 1920, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.) 2: 374, pl. 58, f. 17; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 19; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

• Spilosoma fuscipenne Hampson, 1894 Himalayas. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma fuscipenne Hampson, 1894; Fauna Br. India (Moths) 2: 11; TL: NW.Himalayas, Simla

  • "Spilosoma" fuscipennis; [DubO]
  • Diacrisia fuscipennis; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 310, pl. 46, f. 23
  • Spilosoma fuscipenne; [iNaturalist]
  • Spilosoma fuscipennis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
  • fuscipennis; Singh, Singh & Joshi, 2014, Rec. Zool. Survey India. Occ. Pap 367: 20
• Spilosoma fusifrons Walker, [1865] S.India. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma fusifrons Walker, [1865]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 295; TL: S.India

  • "Spilosoma" fusifrons; [DubO]
  • Spilosoma fusifrons; [iNaturalist]
  • fusifrons; Singh, Singh & Joshi, 2014, Rec. Zool. Survey India. Occ. Pap 367: 20
• Spilosoma platycroca Turner, 1940 Australia. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma platycroca Turner, 1940; Proc. R. Soc. Qd 51 (6): 125

  • Arctiinae platycroca; [AUCL]
  • Spilosoma platycroca; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma purum Leech, 1899 W.China. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma purum Leech, 1899; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1899 (1): 151; TL: Western China
  • Spilosoma pura f. flavoabdomina Daniel, 1943; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 33 (3): 740
• Spilosoma fujinensis Fang, 1981

  • fujinensis Fang, 1981; Acta zootax. sinica 6 (1): 98

  • Spilosoma fujinensis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
• Spilosoma auricostata (Oberthür, 1911)

  • Diacrisia auricostata Oberthür, 1911; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 5 (1): 337, pl. 83, f. 788 ♂; TL: Ta-tsien-Lou

  • Spilosoma auricostata; [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist]
• Spilosoma brechlini Cerný, 2011 Philippines (Negros). See [maps]

  • Spilosoma brechlini Cerný, 2011; Entomofauna 32 (3): 47, pl. 3, f. 10-11; TL: Philippines, Negros, Mt Kanalaon, 600m
• Spilosoma submargininigra Cerný, 2014 C.Thailand. See [maps]

  • Spilosoma submargininigra Cerný, 2014; Nachr. Ent. Ver. Apollo 35 (1/2): 58; TL: C. Thailand, Phetchabum, Nam Nao NP, Lom Salo 675m, 16°44.551N, 101°26E

  • Spilosoma submargininigra; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

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