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Spilosoma lubricipeda, the white ermine, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found throughout the temperate belt of Eurasia from Europe through Kazakhstan and southern Siberia to Amur Region, China, Korea and Japan. In China several sibling species occur. Caterpillar Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 5
Ermine moths are small to medium-sized moths varying in wingspan from 8 to 31 mm (0.3 to 1.2 in). The heads mostly have smooth scales, the haustellum is naked and the labial palps are curved upwards. The maxillary palps usually consist of one or two segments.
The buff ermine (Spilarctia luteum) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is sometimes placed in the genus Spilosoma . The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766.
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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 ...
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The wingspan of Yponomeuta plumbella ranges from 16 to 20 millimeters. [4] In the imago the fore wings are white punctuated with three rows of very small black spots (hence the family name of ermine moths) while the hindwings are greyish.
Adaina microdactyla Morning-glory plume moth caterpillar. Adaina microdactyla (Hübner, 1813) Amblyptilia ... 1758) (white ermine) Spilosoma lutea (Hufnagel, 1766 ...