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.

Description
Palpi short, porrect (extending forward) and fringed with hair. Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) in male and serrate in female. Mid tibia with a terminal pair of minute spurs and hind tibia with two spur pairs. Forewings are rather long and narrow. Veins 3 to 5 from angle of cell. Vein 6 from upper angle and veins 7 to 10 are stalked. Hindwings with veins 3 to 5 from angle of cell. Veins 6 and 7 from upper angle. Vein 8 from middle of cell. Female with an abdominal tuft developed in most cases.

Species more or less related to the type species

 * Spilosoma congrua Walker, 1855 – agreeable tiger moth, white-bodied estigmene
 * Spilosoma daitoensis Matsumura, 1930
 * Spilosoma dubia (Walker, 1855) – dubious tiger moth
 * Spilosoma ericsoni (Semper, 1899)
 * Spilosoma erythrozona (Kollar, [1844])
 * Spilosoma extrema Daniel, 1943
 * Spilosoma fujianensis Fang, 1981
 * Spilosoma inexpectata Rothschild, 1933
 * Spilosoma latipennis Stretch, 1872 – pink-legged tiger moth, red-legged diacrisia
 * Spilosoma likiangensis Daniel, 1943
 * Spilosoma lubricipeda (Linnaeus, 1758) – white ermine
 * Spilosoma lutea (Hufnagel, 1766) – buff ermine
 * Spilosoma ningyuenfui Daniel, 1943
 * Spilosoma pelopea (Druce, 1897)
 * Spilosoma punctaria (Stoll, [1782])
 * Spilosoma reticulata Rothschild, 1933
 * Spilosoma rostagnoi Oberthür, 1911
 * Spilosoma rubidus (Leech, 1890)
 * Spilosoma semialbescens Talbot, 1929
 * Spilosoma urticae (Esper, 1789) – water ermine
 * Spilosoma vestalis Packard, 1864 – vestal tiger-moth
 * Spilosoma virginica Fabricius, 1798 – Virginia tiger moth
 * Spilosoma yemenensis (Hampson, 1916)

Erythrophleps species group

 * Spilosoma ignivagans Rothschild, 1919
 * Spilosoma erythrophleps Hampson, 1894

Subgenus Rhagonis Walker, 1862 or a separate genus

 * Spilosoma danbyi (Neumögen & Dyar, 1893) – Danby's tiger moth
 * Spilosoma pteridis H. Edwards, 1875 – brown tiger moth
 * Spilosoma vagans (Boisduval, 1852) – wandering tiger moth

Subgenus Rhodareas Kirby, 1892

 * Spilosoma melanopsis (Walker, [1865] 1864)

Spilosoma sensu lato species not congeneric to the type species

 * Spilosoma albiventre Kiriakoff, 1963
 * Spilosoma atrivenata Rothschild, 1933
 * Spilosoma batesi (Rothschild, 1910)
 * Spilosoma baxteri (Rothschild, 1910)
 * Spilosoma bipartita Rothschild, 1933
 * Spilosoma brunneomixta Toulgoët, 1971
 * Spilosoma buryi (Rothschild, 1910)
 * Spilosoma castelli Rothschild, 1933
 * Spilosoma crossi (Rothschild, 1910)
 * Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
 * Spilosoma dufranei Kiriakoff, 1965
 * Spilosoma feifensis Wiltshire, 1986
 * Spilosoma flavidior Gaede, 1923
 * Spilosoma gynephaea (Hampson, 1901)
 * Spilosoma hercules (Toulgoët, 1956)
 * Spilosoma heterogenea Bartel, 1903
 * Spilosoma holoxantha (Hampson, 1907)
 * Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903
 * Spilosoma jordani Debauche, 1938
 * Spilosoma jussiaeae (Poey, 1832)
 * Spilosoma karschi Bartel, 1903
 * Spilosoma latiradiata (Hampson, 1901)
 * Spilosoma maniemae Kiriakoff, 1965
 * Spilosoma mediocinerea (Toulgoët, 1956)
 * Spilosoma mediopunctata (Pagenstecher, 1903)
 * Spilosoma melanimon Mabille, 1880
 * Spilosoma nigrocastanea (Rothschild, 1917)
 * Spilosoma nigrocincta (Kenrick, 1914)
 * Spilosoma nyasana Rothschild, 1933
 * Spilosoma occidens (Rothschild, 1910)
 * Spilosoma pales (Druce, 1910)
 * Spilosoma pauliani (Toulgoët, 1956)
 * Spilosoma pellucida (Rothschild, 1910)
 * Spilosoma penultimum Kiriakoff, 1965
 * Spilosoma pseudambrensis (Toulgoët, 1961)
 * Spilosoma quadrimacula Toulgoët, 1977
 * Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898)
 * Spilosoma tenuivena Kiriakoff, 1965
 * Spilosoma togoensis Bartel, 1903
 * Spilosoma turlini Toulgoët, 1973

Species of unclear status

 * Spilosoma alberti (Rothschild, 1914)
 * Spilosoma alticola Rogenhofer, 1891
 * Spilosoma cajetani Rothschild, 1910
 * Spilosoma clasnaumanni Kühne, 2005
 * Spilosoma clava (Wileman, 1910)
 * Spilosoma eldorado (Rothschild, 1910)
 * Spilosoma euryphlebia (Hampson, 1903)
 * Spilosoma fraterna (Rothschild, 1910)
 * Spilosoma fumida (Wileman, 1910)
 * Spilosoma fuscipennis Hampson, 1894
 * Spilosoma fusifrons Walker, [1865]
 * Spilosoma metaleuca (Hampson, 1905)
 * Spilosoma obliqua (Walker, 1855)
 * Spilosoma roseata (Rothschild, 1910)
 * Spilosoma sagittifera Moore, 1888
 * Spilosoma semperi (Rothschild, 1910)
 * Spilosoma submargininigra Černý, 2014
 * Spilosoma sumatrana (Swinhoe, 1905)
 * Spilosoma virgulae Černý, 2011
 * Spilosoma wahri Rothschild, 1933
 * Spilosoma wildi De Vos, 2013
 * Spilosoma wilemani (Rothschild, 1914)
 * Spilosoma withaari De Vos, 2013

Species separated into Ardices

 * Spilosoma canescens Butler, 1875 – dark-spotted tiger moth
 * Spilosoma curvata Donovan, 1805 – crimson tiger moth
 * Spilosoma glatignyi (Le Guillou, 1841) – black and white tiger moth

Species separated into Toulgarctia

 * Spilosoma griveaudi (Toulgoët, 1957)
 * Spilosoma luteoradians (Toulgoët, 1954)
 * Spilosoma milloti (Toulgoët, 1954)
 * Spilosoma viettei (Toulgoët, 1954)
 * Spilosoma vieui (Toulgoët, 1957)