Spilaethalida turbida explained

Spilaethalida turbida is a moth of the family Erebidae first 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)

Notes and References

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