Spilaethalida turbida

Spilaethalida turbida
Spilaethalida turbida turbida
Spilaethalida turbida woodlarkiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Spilaethalida
Species:	S. turbida
Binomial name
Spilaethalida turbida (Butler, 1882)
Synonyms
Spilarctia turbidaButler, 1882 Spilarctia meekiDruce, 1899 Diacrisia turbida montanaRothschild, 1910 Diacrisia turbida woodlarkianaRothschild, 1910 Diacrisia turbida sordidiorRothschild, 1910 Diacrisia turbida alpinaRothschild, 1914

Spilaethalida turbida is a moth of the family Erebidaefirst described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882.

It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and the Woodlark Islands.^[1]

Subspecies

• Spilaethalida turbida turbida (Bismarck Archipelago)
• Spilaethalida turbida sordidior(Rothschild, 1910) (Papua New Guinea, D'Entrecasteaux Islands)
• Spilaethalida turbida meeki(Druce, 1899) (Trobriand Islands)
• Spilaethalida turbida woodlarkiana(Rothschild, 1910) (Woodlark Islands)

References

1. De Vos, Rob. "Spilaethalida turbida (Butler, 1882) | The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation.