Spilosoma spp. Curtis, 1825 -

Taxonomic Information

Spilosoma Curtis, 1825, species known from the Indian subcontinent. 
Spilosoma erythrozona (Kollar, [1844]).India: North West Himalayas, Kashmir, Meghalaya.
Spilosoma lubricipedum (Linnaeus, 1758). India: North West Himalayas, Sikkim.
Spilosoma punctaria Stoll, (1782). India: Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Nagaland.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Spilosoma spp. -


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh11
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total121
  1. Spilosoma Curtis. 1825. British Entomology; being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insecta found in Great Britain and Ireland: Containing coloured Figures from Nature of the Most Rare and Beautiful Species, an in Many Instances of the Plants Upon Which They are Found British Entomology. Plate. 92; TS: Bombyx menthastri Denis & Schiffermüller.
  2. Godman & Salvin. 1885. Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera. Vol 1. Page 117.
  3. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Moths. Vol 2. Page 3.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Spilosoma spp. Curtis, 1825 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/spilosoma-spp, accessed 2024/04/25.