''Eilema fulminans'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by

Hervé de Toulgoët Hervé de Toulgoët (28 March 1911 – 14 September 2009) was a French entomologist. He specialised in moths of the families Arctiinae (moth), Arctiidae and Zygaenidae. He also studied the beetle genus ''Carabus''. He was written about by Paul Thia ...

in 1960. It is found in central

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

. This species has a wingspan of 29–31 mm. The head, frons, palpi and thorax are red orange. Forewings are red orange.Toulgoët, H. de 1960. Description d'Arctiides nouvelles de Madagascar (Lepid.) (11e note). ''Le Naturaliste malgache'' 11 (1959)(1–2):111–121, pl.

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fulminans Moths described in 1960 {{Eilema-stub