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<h2 id="recorded-food-plants">Recorded food plants</h2> <p>Some larval food plants include:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><i>Alnus</i> – <a href="/facts/Alder/KbD9YG8w">alder</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Mentha/rLFxkqXI">Mentha</a></i> – mint</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Plantago/M2s9h4ju">Plantago</a></i> – plantain</li> <li><i>Quercus</i> – <a href="/facts/Oak/1NJJzkzB">oak</a></li> <li><i>Rheum</i> – <a href="/facts/Rhubarb/DDhM5G5U">rhubarb</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Ribes/dojQdtbp">Ribes</a></i> – currant</li> <li><i>Rubus</i> – <a href="/facts/Raspberry/zHXkLC0s">raspberry</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Rumex/ezPcQxCS">Rumex</a></i> – dock/sorrel</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Senecio/ftNNepnB">Senecio</a></i> – ragwort</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Urtica/zqnkANfx">Urtica</a></i> – nettle</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Lonicera/HzYY0WeM">Lonicera</a></i> – honeysuckle</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Humulus/1yMWv69j">Humulus </a></i> – hops</li></ul> <h2 id="subspecies">Subspecies</h2> <ul><li><i>Spilarctia lutea lutea</i></li> <li><i>Spilarctia lutea adzharica</i> Dubatolov, 2007 (Georgia)</li> <li><i>Spilarctia lutea japonica</i> (Rothschild, 1910) (Middle Amur, Primorye, southern Sakhalin, southern Kuril Islands, eastern China, Korea, Japan)</li> <li><i>Spilarctia lutea rhodosoma</i> (Turati, 1907) Sicily, the black of the upperside is increased by a larger number of the spots; but especially distinguished by the bright red abdomen.</li></ul> <h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2> <h2 id="references-and-notes">References and notes</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Michael_Chinery/rKMlsxBY">Chinery, Michael</a> (1991). <i>Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe</i>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bernard_Skinner_(entomologist)/ILGyXlEG">Skinner, Bernard</a> (1984). <i><a href="/facts/The_Colour_Identification_Guide_to_Moths_of_the_British_Isles/KYKuC1tY">The Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles</a></i>.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spilosoma lutea. <ul><li>Savela, Markku. <a href="https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/spilarctia/#lutea">"<i>Spilarctia lutea</i> (Hufnagel, 1766)"</a>. <i>Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms</i>. Retrieved September 28, 2019.</li> <li>Hlasek, Josef Lubomir <a href="http://www.hlasek.com/spilosoma_luteum_ab6369.html">"<i>Spilosoma luteum</i> ab6369"</a>. <i>Photo Gallery Wildlife Pictures</i>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=197744">"Taxonomy Browser: <i>Spilosoma lutea</i>"</a>. <i>Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD)</i>. Retrieved September 28, 2019.</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161130111741/http://eol.org/pages/861809/overview"><i>Spilosoma lutea</i> at EoL</a></li> <li>Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). <a href="https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=45091">"<i>Spilosoma lutea</i>"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/The_Global_Lepidoptera_Names_Index/mCVsUcYJ">The Global Lepidoptera Names Index</a></i>. <a href="/facts/Natural_History_Museum,_London/SWrrNn0K">Natural History Museum</a>. Retrieved April 19, 2018.</li> <li><a href="http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Spilarctia_Lutea">"10566 <i>Spilarctia lutea</i> (Hufnagel, 1766) - Gelber Fleckleibbär"</a>. <i>Lepiforum e.V.</i>. Retrieved September 28, 2019.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Entry for Spilarctia luteum". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200808161211/https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?searchpageurl=browse%2edsml&sort=family%2520carposinidae%2520natural%2520history%2520museum%2520hosts%2520database&beginIndex=39090&family=carposinidae&" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20200808161211/https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?searchpageurl=browse%2edsml&sort=family%2520carposinidae%2520natural%2520history%2520museum%2520hosts%2520database&beginIndex=39090&family=carposinidae&</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum". Butterfly Conservation. 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2022-06-02. <a href="https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/buff-ermine" target="_blank">https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/buff-ermine</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>