''Spilosoma rubidus'' 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 ...

in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

. It was described by

John Henry Leech John Henry Leech (5 December 1862 – 29 December 1900) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. His collections from China, Japan, and Kashmir are in the Natural History Museum, London. These also contain inse ...

in 1890. It is found in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

(Beijing, Hubei, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Hebei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Jilin, Shanxi, Henan, Guangxi, Heilongjiang) and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

The Global Lepidoptera Names Index The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) is a searchable database maintained by the Department of Entomology at the Natural History Museum, London. It is based on card indices and scanned journals, nomenclatural catalogues and the '' Zoologi ...

considers ''Spilosoma rubidus'' to be a synonym for '' Spilosoma alba''. See ''

Spilarctia alba ''Spilarctia alba'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William Grey in 1853. It is found in China (Beijing, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou), Taiwan ...

''.

References

Moths described in 1890 rubidus {{Spilosoma-stub