''Spilarctia'' is a

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s in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by

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in 1875.

Subgenus ''Spilarctia''

*''accensa'' species group **''

Spilarctia accensa ''Spilarctia accensa'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1903. It is found on Sumatra on Malacca Malacca ( ms, Melaka) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia located in the ...

'' (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 ''Spilarctia bisecta'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1889. 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 List of coun ...

'' (Leech, 889 **'' Spilarctia graminivora'' Inoue, 1988 **'' Spilarctia lungtani'' Daniel, 1943 **''

Spilarctia subtestacea ''Spilarctia subtestacea'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Taiwan and Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided a ...

'' (Rothschild, 1910) *''casigneta'' species group **'' Spilarctia adumbrata'' (Thomas, 1994) **'' Spilarctia borneensis'' (Rothschild, 1910) **'' Spilarctia casigneta'' (Kollar,

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**'' Spilarctia fumida'' (Wileman, 1910) **'' Spilarctia roseata'' (Rothschild, 1910) **''

Spilarctia rubilinea ''Spilarctia rubilinea'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1866. It is found in Nepal, India (Sikkim, Assam), Bhutan, Myanmar, Vietnam and China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC) ...

'' (Moore, 866 **''

Spilarctia rufofusca ''Spilarctia rufofusca'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Thomas in 1994. It is found on Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian terri ...

'' (Thomas, 1994) **'' Spilarctia sagittifera'' Moore, 1888 **''

Spilarctia sinica ''Spilarctia sinica'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Franz Daniel in 1943. 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 List of countries ...

'' Daniel, 1943 **''

Spilarctia tamangi ''Spilarctia tamangi'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Thomas in 1994. It is found in the Indian states of Sikkim and Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahm ...

'' (Thomas, 1994) **''

Spilarctia variata ''Spilarctia variata'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Franz Daniel in 1943. 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 List of countrie ...

'' Daniel, 1943 **''

Spilarctia xanthogaster ''Spilarctia xanthogaster'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Thomas in 1994. It is found in Myanmar and the Indian state of Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the ...

'' (Thomas, 1994) **''

Spilarctia xanthogastes ''Spilarctia xanthogastes'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Cheng-Lai Fang in 2000. It is found in Yunnan and Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning ...

'' Fang, 2000 **''

Spilarctia xanthosoma ''Spilarctia xanthosoma'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Karl Johann Roepke in 1954. It is found on Java. References * Moths described in 1954 xanthosoma ''Xanthosoma'' is a genus of flowering plants in th ...

'' (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 ''Spilarctia postrubida'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Alfred Ernest Wileman in 1910. It is found in Taiwan, Japan's Ryukyu Islands and the Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Hainan Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest a ...

'' (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,

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*''nydia'' species group **'' Spilarctia nydia'' Butler, 1875 **'' Spilarctia semperi'' (Rothschild, 1910) *''obliqua'' species group **'' Spilarctia montana'' (Guérin-Ménéville in Delesserte, 1843) **''

Spilarctia obliqua ''Spilosoma obliqua'', the jute hairy caterpillar or Bihar hairy caterpillar, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in south-eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Subspecies *''Spilarctia obliqua ...

'' (Walker, 1855) *''punctata'' species group **'' Spilarctia caloscopium'' (Černý, 2011) **'' Spilarctia congruenta'' (Thomas,

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**'' Spilarctia denigrata'' (Thomas,

**'' Spilarctia gopara'' (Moore, 860 **'' Spilarctia hosei'' (Rothschild, 1910) **'' Spilarctia kareli'' (Thomas,

**'' Spilarctia mahaplaga'' (Černý, 2011) **'' Spilarctia murzini'' Dubatolov, 2005 **'' Spilarctia percellens'' (Thomas,

**'' Spilarctia phaea'' (Hampson, 1901) **'' Spilarctia procedra'' (Swinhoe, 1907) **'' Spilarctia punctata'' (Moore, 1859) **'' Spilarctia siberuta'' Dubatolov, 2006 **'' Spilarctia thomasi'' (Holloway, 1988) **'' Spilarctia ummera'' Swinhoe,

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/small> **'' Spilarctia ummeroides'' (Černý, 2011) **'' Spilarctia virgulae'' (Černý, 2011) *unplaced to species group **'' Spilarctia adelphus'' (Rothschild, 1920) **'' Spilarctia adriani'' (De Vos & Suhartawan, 2011) **''

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 ...

'' (Bremer & Grey, 1853) **'' Spilarctia alberti'' (Rothschild, 1914) **'' Spilarctia albicornis'' (Hampson, 1900) **'' Spilarctia arctichroa'' (Druce, 1909) **'' Spilarctia ardens'' (Kishida, 1987) **'' Spilarctia aurocostata'' (Oberthür, 1911) **'' Spilarctia baltazarae'' (Černý, 1995) **'' Spilarctia biagi'' (Bethune-Baker, 1908) **'' 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 cinnamomea'' (De Vos & Suhartawan, 2011) **'' 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 dinawa'' (Bethune-Baker, 1904) **'' Spilarctia dohertyi'' (Rothschild, 1910) **'' Spilarctia dukouensis'' C.-L. Fang, 1982 **'' 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 kebea'' (Bethune-Baker, 1904) **'' 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 owgarra'' (Bethune-Baker, 1908) **'' Spilarctia pallidivena'' (Černý, 2009) **'' Spilarctia persimilis'' (Rothschild, 1914) **'' Spilarctia postbrunnea'' (De Vos & Suhartawan, 2011) **'' Spilarctia pratti'' (Bethune-Baker, 1904) **'' Spilarctia quercii'' (Oberthür, 1911) **'' Spilarctia reticulata'' (Rothschild, 1933) **'' Spilarctia rhodius'' (Rothschild, 1920) **'' Spilarctia rostagnoi'' (Oberthür, 1911) **'' Spilarctia rubribasis'' (Joicey & Talbot in Joicey, Noakes & Talbot, 1916) **'' Spilarctia ruficosta'' (Joicey & Talbot in Joicey, Noakes & Talbot, 1916) **'' Spilarctia semialbescens'' (Talbot, 1929) **'' Spilarctia sparsalis'' (Walker,

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**'' Spilarctia styx'' (Bethune-Baker, 1910) **'' 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 vulgaris'' (De Vos & Suhartawan, 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,

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''. IMG_Spilarctia

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