# Spilosoma

Spilosoma is a genus of moths 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

* Spilosoma congrua Walker, 1855 – agreeable tiger moth, white-bodied estigmene
* Spilosoma daitoensis Matsumura, 1930
* Spilosoma dubia (Walker, 1855) – dubious tiger moth
* Spilosoma ericsoni (Semper, 1899)
* Spilosoma erythrozona (Kollar, [1844])
* Spilosoma extrema Daniel, 1943
* Spilosoma fujianensis Fang, 1981
* Spilosoma inexpectata Rothschild, 1933
* Spilosoma latipennis Stretch, 1872 – pink-legged tiger moth, red-legged diacrisia
* Spilosoma likiangensis Daniel, 1943
* Spilosoma lubricipeda (Linnaeus, 1758) – white ermine
* Spilosoma lutea (Hufnagel, 1766) – buff ermine
* Spilosoma ningyuenfui Daniel, 1943
* Spilosoma pelopea (Druce, 1897)
* Spilosoma punctaria (Stoll, [1782])
* Spilosoma reticulata Rothschild, 1933
* Spilosoma rostagnoi Oberthür, 1911
* Spilosoma rubidus (Leech, 1890)
* Spilosoma semialbescens Talbot, 1929
* Spilosoma urticae (Esper, 1789) – water ermine
* Spilosoma vestalis Packard, 1864 – vestal tiger-moth
* Spilosoma virginica Fabricius, 1798 – Virginia tiger moth
* Spilosoma yemenensis (Hampson, 1916)

### Erythrophleps species group

* Spilosoma ignivagans Rothschild, 1919
* Spilosoma erythrophleps Hampson, 1894

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

* Spilosoma danbyi (Neumögen & Dyar, 1893) – Danby's tiger moth
* Spilosoma pteridis H. Edwards, 1875 – brown tiger moth
* Spilosoma vagans (Boisduval, 1852) – wandering tiger moth

### Subgenus Rhodareas Kirby, 1892

* Spilosoma melanopsis (Walker, [1865] 1864)

### Spilosoma sensu lato species not congeneric to the type species

* Spilosoma albiventre Kiriakoff, 1963
* Spilosoma atrivenata Rothschild, 1933
* Spilosoma batesi (Rothschild, 1910)
* Spilosoma baxteri (Rothschild, 1910)
* Spilosoma bipartita Rothschild, 1933
* Spilosoma brunneomixta Toulgoët, 1971
* Spilosoma buryi (Rothschild, 1910)
* Spilosoma castelli Rothschild, 1933
* Spilosoma crossi (Rothschild, 1910)
* Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
* Spilosoma dufranei Kiriakoff, 1965
* Spilosoma feifensis Wiltshire, 1986
* Spilosoma flavidior Gaede, 1923
* Spilosoma gynephaea (Hampson, 1901)
* Spilosoma hercules (Toulgoët, 1956)
* Spilosoma heterogenea Bartel, 1903
* Spilosoma holoxantha (Hampson, 1907)
* Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903
* Spilosoma jordani Debauche, 1938
* Spilosoma jussiaeae (Poey, 1832)
* Spilosoma karschi Bartel, 1903
* Spilosoma latiradiata (Hampson, 1901)
* Spilosoma maniemae Kiriakoff, 1965
* Spilosoma mediocinerea (Toulgoët, 1956)
* Spilosoma mediopunctata (Pagenstecher, 1903)
* Spilosoma melanimon Mabille, 1880
* Spilosoma nigrocastanea (Rothschild, 1917)
* Spilosoma nigrocincta (Kenrick, 1914)
* Spilosoma nyasana Rothschild, 1933
* Spilosoma occidens (Rothschild, 1910)
* Spilosoma pales (Druce, 1910)
* Spilosoma pauliani (Toulgoët, 1956)
* Spilosoma pellucida (Rothschild, 1910)
* Spilosoma penultimum Kiriakoff, 1965
* Spilosoma pseudambrensis (Toulgoët, 1961)
* Spilosoma quadrimacula Toulgoët, 1977
* Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898)
* Spilosoma tenuivena Kiriakoff, 1965
* Spilosoma togoensis Bartel, 1903
* Spilosoma turlini Toulgoët, 1973

### Species of unclear status

* Spilosoma alberti (Rothschild, 1914)
* Spilosoma alticola Rogenhofer, 1891
* Spilosoma cajetani Rothschild, 1910
* Spilosoma clasnaumanni Kühne, 2005
* Spilosoma clava (Wileman, 1910)
* Spilosoma eldorado (Rothschild, 1910)
* Spilosoma euryphlebia (Hampson, 1903)
* Spilosoma fraterna (Rothschild, 1910)
* Spilosoma fumida (Wileman, 1910)
* Spilosoma fuscipennis Hampson, 1894
* Spilosoma fusifrons Walker, [1865]
* Spilosoma metaleuca (Hampson, 1905)
* Spilosoma obliqua (Walker, 1855)
* Spilosoma roseata (Rothschild, 1910)
* Spilosoma sagittifera Moore, 1888
* Spilosoma semperi (Rothschild, 1910)
* Spilosoma submargininigra Černý, 2014
* Spilosoma sumatrana (Swinhoe, 1905)
* Spilosoma virgulae Černý, 2011
* Spilosoma wahri Rothschild, 1933
* Spilosoma wildi De Vos, 2013
* Spilosoma wilemani (Rothschild, 1914)
* Spilosoma withaari De Vos, 2013

### Species separated into Ardices

* Spilosoma canescens Butler, 1875 – dark-spotted tiger moth
* Spilosoma curvata Donovan, 1805 – crimson tiger moth
* Spilosoma glatignyi (Le Guillou, 1841) – black and white tiger moth

### Species separated into Toulgarctia

* Spilosoma griveaudi (Toulgoët, 1957)
* Spilosoma luteoradians (Toulgoët, 1954)
* Spilosoma milloti (Toulgoët, 1954)
* Spilosoma viettei (Toulgoët, 1954)
* Spilosoma vieui (Toulgoët, 1957)