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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.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Virginian Tiger Moth
speciesSpilosoma virginica

White Ermine
speciesSpilosoma lubricipeda

Agreeable Tiger Moth
speciesSpilosoma congrua

Buff Ermine
speciesSpilosoma lutea

Dubious Tiger Moth
speciesSpilosoma dubia

Vestal Tiger Moth
speciesSpilosoma vestalis

Wandering Tiger Moth
speciesSpilosoma vagans

Water Ermine
speciesSpilosoma urticae

Pink-legged Tiger Moth
speciesSpilosoma latipennis

Spilosoma punctaria
speciesSpilosoma punctaria

Spilosoma cervina
speciesSpilosoma cervina

Brown Tiger Moth
speciesSpilosoma pteridis

Spilosoma kebea
speciesSpilosoma kebea
Jute Hairy Caterpillar Moth
speciesSpilosoma obliqua

Spilosoma groganae
speciesSpilosoma groganae

Spilosoma ummera
speciesSpilosoma ummera

Spilosoma strigatula
speciesSpilosoma strigatula

Spilosoma eldorado
speciesSpilosoma eldorado

Spilosoma irina
speciesSpilosoma irina

Spilosoma erythrastis
speciesSpilosoma erythrastis

Spilosoma pelopea
speciesSpilosoma pelopea

Spilosoma fumida
speciesSpilosoma fumida

Spilosoma biagi
speciesSpilosoma biagi

Spilosoma curvilinea
speciesSpilosoma curvilinea

Spilosoma nydia
speciesSpilosoma nydia

Spilosoma griseabrunnea
speciesSpilosoma griseabrunnea

Spilosoma vandepolli
speciesSpilosoma vandepolli

Spilosoma jussiaeae
speciesSpilosoma jussiaeae

Spilosoma vulgaris
speciesSpilosoma vulgaris

Spilosoma hosei
speciesSpilosoma hosei

Spilosoma denigrata
speciesSpilosoma denigrata

Spilosoma costata
speciesSpilosoma costata
Rhodareas
subgenusRhodareas

Spilosoma elmagna
speciesSpilosoma elmagna

Spilosoma owgarra
speciesSpilosoma owgarra

Spilosoma arctichroa
speciesSpilosoma arctichroa

Spilosoma alberti
speciesSpilosoma alberti

Spilosoma dinawa
speciesSpilosoma dinawa

Spilosoma nivea
speciesSpilosoma nivea

Spilosoma lifuensis
speciesSpilosoma lifuensis

Spilosoma adriani
speciesSpilosoma adriani

Spilosoma ardens
speciesSpilosoma ardens

Spilosoma sinnemorum
speciesSpilosoma sinnemorum

Spilosoma styx
speciesSpilosoma styx

Spilosoma euryphlebia
speciesSpilosoma euryphlebia

Spilosoma bipartita
speciesSpilosoma bipartita

Spilosoma brunnea
speciesSpilosoma brunnea

Spilosoma lateritica
speciesSpilosoma lateritica

Spilosoma platycroca
speciesSpilosoma platycroca

Spilosoma malayana
speciesSpilosoma malayana

Spilosoma leighi
speciesSpilosoma leighi

Spilosoma howqua
speciesSpilosoma howqua

Spilosoma crossi
speciesSpilosoma crossi

Spilosoma nana
speciesSpilosoma nana

Spilosoma fraterna
speciesSpilosoma fraterna

Spilosoma gopara
speciesSpilosoma gopara

Spilosoma daitoensis
speciesSpilosoma daitoensis

Spilosoma thomasi
speciesSpilosoma thomasi

Spilosoma imparilis
speciesSpilosoma imparilis

Spilosoma withaari
speciesSpilosoma withaari
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 60840.