Spilarctia

Spilarctia
Spilarctia postrubida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	Spilarctia Butler, 1875
Synonyms
Olistheria Hübner, 1820

Spilarctia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. Several published lists exist, plus additional online, e.g. Dubatolov, 2005, Dubatolov, 2012.

Subgenus Spilarctia

• accensa species group
  • Spilarctia accensa (Swinhoe, 1903)
  • Spilarctia ericsoni (Semper, 1899)
  • Spilarctia rhodochroa (Hampson, 1916)
  • Spilarctia rubriventris (Talbot, 1926)
• ananda species group
  • Spilarctia ananda (Roepke, 1938)
  • Spilarctia groganae (Holloway, 1976)
  • Spilarctia irina Dubatolov, 2006
• bisecta species group
  • Spilarctia bisecta (Leech, [1889])
  • Spilarctia dalbergiae Moore, 1888
  • Spilarctia graminivora Inoue, 1988
  • Spilarctia lungtani Daniel, 1943
  • Spilarctia subtestacea (Rothschild, 1910)
• casigneta species group
  • Spilarctia adumbrata (Thomas, 1994)
  • Spilarctia borneensis (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilarctia casigneta (Kollar, [1844])
  • Spilarctia fumida (Wileman, 1910)
  • Spilarctia roseata (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilarctia rubilinea (Moore, [1866])
  • Spilarctia rufofusca (Thomas, 1994)
  • Spilarctia sagittifera Moore, 1888
  • Spilarctia sinica Daniel, 1943
  • Spilarctia tamangi (Thomas, 1994)
  • Spilarctia variata Daniel, 1943
  • Spilarctia xanthogaster (Thomas, 1994)
  • Spilarctia xanthogastes Fang, 2000
  • Spilarctia xanthosoma (Roepke, 1954)
• hypogopa species group
  • Spilarctia daltonica (Černý, 2011)
  • Spilarctia hypogopa (Hampson, 1907)
  • Spilarctia flavorubida Dubatolov, 2006
  • Spilarctia moorei Snellen, 1879
  • Spilarctia philippina Dubatolov & Kishida, 2006
  • Spilarctia postrubida (Wileman, 1910)
• leopardina species group
  • Spilarctia inayatullahi Dubatolov & Gurko, 2004
  • Spilarctia leopardina (Kollar, 1844)
  • Spilarctia melanostigma (Erschoff, 1872)
• lutea species group
  • Spilarctia lutea (Hufnagel, 1766)
  • Spilarctia seriatopunctata (Motschulsky, [1861])
• nydia species group
  • Spilarctia nydia Butler, 1875
  • Spilarctia semperi (Rothschild, 1910)
• obliqua species group
  • Spilarctia montana (Guérin-Ménéville in Delesserte, 1843)
  • Spilarctia obliqua (Walker, 1855)
• punctata species group
  • Spilarctia caloscopium (Černý, 2011)
  • Spilarctia congruenta (Thomas, [1993])
  • Spilarctia denigrata (Thomas, [1993])
  • Spilarctia gopara (Moore, [1860])
  • Spilarctia hosei (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilarctia kareli (Thomas, [1993])
  • Spilarctia mahaplaga (Černý, 2011)
  • Spilarctia murzini Dubatolov, 2005
  • Spilarctia percellens (Thomas, [1993])
  • Spilarctia phaea (Hampson, 1901)
  • Spilarctia procedra (Swinhoe, 1907)
  • Spilarctia punctata (Moore, 1859)
  • Spilarctia siberuta Dubatolov, 2006
  • Spilarctia thomasi (Holloway, 1988)
  • Spilarctia ummera Swinhoe, [1890]
  • Spilarctia ummeroides (Černý, 2011)
  • Spilarctia virgulae (Černý, 2011)

• "dinawa species group" (unpublished but as listed by Dubatolov)
  • Spilarctia adriani (De Vos & Suhartawan, 2011)
  • Spilarctia alberti (Rothschild, 1914)
  • Spilarctia biagi (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
  • Spilarctia cinnamomea (De Vos & Suhartawan, 2011)
  • Spilarctia dinawa (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
  • Spilarctia kebea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
  • Spilarctia owgarra (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
  • Spilarctia pratti (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
  • Spilarctia rubribasis (Joicey & Talbot in Joicey, Noakes & Talbot, 1916)
  • Spilarctia vulgaris (De Vos & Suhartawan, 2011)
  • Spilarctia wildi (De Vos, 2013) [Note: Placement per comment in De Vos, 2013 that belongs to "dinawa species group"]

• "styx species group" (unpublished but as listed by Dubatolov)
  • Spilarctia reticulata (Rothschild, 1933)
  • Spilarctia styx (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
  • Spilarctia withaari (De Vos, 2013) [Note: Placement per comment in De Vos, 2013 that belongs to "styx species group"]

• unplaced to species group
  • Spilarctia adelphus (Rothschild, 1920)
  • Spilarctia alba (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
  • Spilarctia albicornis (Hampson, 1900)
  • Spilarctia alisauskasi Dûda, Saldaitis & Volynkin, 2024
  • Spilarctia arctichroa (Druce, 1909)
  • Spilarctia ardens (Kishida, 1987)
  • Spilarctia aurocostata (Oberthür, 1911)
  • Spilarctia baltazarae (Černý, 1995)
  • Spilarctia bifascia Hampson, 1891
  • Spilarctia bifasciata Butler, 1881
  • Spilarctia bipunctata Daniel, 1943
  • Spilarctia brechlini (Černý, 2011)
  • Spilarctia brunnea (Heylaerts, 1890)
  • Spilarctia cadioui Thomas, 1989
  • Spilarctia cajetani (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilarctia castanea (Hampson, 1893)
  • Spilarctia chuanxina C.-L. Fang, 1982
  • Spilarctia clava (Wileman, 1910)
  • Spilarctia coccinea (Hampson, 1907)
  • Spilarctia comma (Walker, 1856)
  • Spilarctia contaminata (Wileman, 1910)
  • Spilarctia coorgensis Kirti & Gill, 2010
  • Spilarctia costata (Boisduval, 1832)
  • Spilarctia dohertyi (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilarctia duda Saldaitis & Pekarski, 2016
  • Spilarctia dukouensis C.-L. Fang, 1982
  • Spilarctia dzyta Dûda, Saldaitis & Volynkin, 2024
  • Spilarctia eldorado (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilarctia enarotali (De Vos & Suhartawan, 2011)
  • Spilarctia extirpata (Černý, 2009)
  • Spilarctia fidelia (Černý, 2011)
  • Spilarctia fraterna (Rothschild, 1910
  • Spilarctia gianellii (Oberthür, 1911)
  • Spilarctia grandimacula (De Vos & Suhartawan, 2011)
  • Spilarctia hampsoni (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
  • Spilarctia harlequina (Černý, 2011)
  • Spilarctia hetera (Černý, 2009)
  • Spilarctia holobrunnea (Joicey & Talbot in Joicey, Noakes & Talbot, 1916)
  • Spilarctia hypsoides (Rothschild, 1914)
  • Spilarctia inexpectata (Rothschild, 1933)
  • Spilarctia irregularis (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilarctia javana (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilarctia leopoldi (Tams, 1935)
  • Spilarctia longiramia (Hampson, 1901)
  • Spilarctia mastrigti (De Vos & Suhartawan, 2011)
  • Spilarctia metaxantha (Hampson, 1901)
  • Spilarctia mona (Swinhoe, 1885)
  • Spilarctia motuonica C.-L. Fang, 1982
  • Spilarctia nana (De Vos & Suhartawan, 2011)
  • Spilarctia nigrovittatus (Matsumura, 1911)
  • Spilarctia nobilis (Turner, 1940)
  • Spilarctia novaeguineae (Rothschild, 1913)
  • Spilarctia oberthueri (Semper, 1899)
  • Spilarctia obliquizonata (Miyake, 1910)
  • Spilarctia pallidivena (Černý, 2009)
  • Spilarctia persimilis (Rothschild, 1914)
  • Spilarctia postbrunnea (De Vos & Suhartawan, 2011)
  • Spilarctia quercii (Oberthür, 1911)
  • Spilarctia rhodius (Rothschild, 1920)
  • Spilarctia rostagnoi (Oberthür, 1911)
  • Spilarctia ruficosta (Joicey & Talbot in Joicey, Noakes & Talbot, 1916)
  • Spilarctia semialbescens (Talbot, 1929)
  • Spilarctia sparsalis (Walker, [1865])
  • Spilarctia subcarnea (Walker, 1855)
  • Spilarctia tengchongensis Fang & Cao, 1984
  • Spilarctia terminicomma (Černý, 2009)
  • Spilarctia tigrina (Moore, 1879)
  • Spilarctia todara (Moore, 1872)
  • Spilarctia toxopei (Roepke, 1954)
  • Spilarctia transversa (De Vos & Suhartawan, 2011)
  • Spilarctia vandepolli (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilarctia venata (Wileman, 1915)
  • Spilarctia victorina (Černý, 2011)

• • Spilarctia wernerthomasi (De Vos & Suhartawan, 2011)
  • Spilarctia whiteheadi (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilarctia wilemani (Rothschild, 1914)
  • Spilarctia yukikoae Kishida, 1995
  • Spilarctia zhangmuna C.-L. Fang, 1982

Subgenus Rhodareas Kirby, 1892

• Spilarctia melanopsis (Walker, [1865])

Subgenus Praephragmatobia Dubatolov & Y. Kishida, 2010

• cervina species group
  • Spilarctia cervina (Wallengren, 1860)
  • Spilarctia griseabrunnea (Holloway, 1976)
  • Spilarctia rubescens (Walker, 1855)
• philippinica species group
  • Spilarctia mindanao Dubatolov & Y. Kishida, 2010
  • Spilarctia mollis (Černý, 2011)
  • Spilarctia palawana Dubatolov & Y. Kishida, 2010
  • Spilarctia philippinica Dubatolov & Kishida, 2010
• strigatula species group
  • Spilarctia gurkoi Dubatolov & Y. Kishida, 2010
  • Spilarctia strigatula (Walker, 1855)
• sumatrana species group
  • Spilarctia continentalis (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Spilarctia sumatrana (Swinhoe, 1905)

Taxonomy

Spilarctia species are often included in Spilosoma.

References

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