| Higher taxa: | Erebidae (family)/ 
                
                
                Arctiinae (subfamily)/ 
                
                
                Arctiini (tribe)/ 
                
                
                Spilosomina (subtribe)/ 
                
                
                Spilarctia (genus)/ | 
                | Status: | Synonym
                , the accepted name is Spilosoma | 
                | Authorship: | Butler, 1875 | 
                | Citation: | Genus Spilarctia, n. gen. | 
                
                    | Taxon remarks: | Type species: Phalaena lutea Hüfnagel, 1766. Berliner Magazin 2: 412. By subsequent designation by Kirby, 1877. – In: Rye, Zoological Record 12: 431. | 
                
                
                    | Publication: | Butler A. G. 1875d. Revision of the genus Spilosoma and the allied groups of the family Arctiidae. | 
                    | Journal: | Cistula Entomologica | 
                    | Volume: | 2 | 
                    | Issue: |  | 
                    | Pagination: | 39 | 
                
                
                | URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10890642 |