| Higher taxa: | Erebidae (family)/ Arctiinae (subfamily)/ Arctiini (tribe)/ Spilosomina (subtribe)/ Spilosoma (genus)/ |
| Status: | Misapplied , the accepted name is Spilosoma |
| Authorship: | Stephens, 1827 |
| Citation: | Spilosoma |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Phalaena lubricipeda Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae (Edn 10) 1: 505. By monotypy. A junior homonym of Spilosoma Curtis, 1825. Spilosoma Curtis, 1825 is available for use as a subjective replacement name. |
| Publication: | Stephens J. F. 1827. The Aurelian, or Natural History of English Insects, namely, Moths and Butterflies; together with the plants on which they feed &c.— By Moses, Secretary to the Aurelia Society. – In: Anonymous. |
| Journal: | Retrospective Review |
| Volume: | (2) 1 |
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| Pagination: | 242 |