Utetheisa
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Utetheisa is a genus
of arctiid
moth
s. Caterpillars feed on Crotalaria
(rattlebox), and hence the moth genus is often called rattlebox moths. Utetheisa species are usually bright and colorful. Species of subgenera Pitasila, Atasca and Raanya formerly were included in Nyctemera.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of arctiid
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...
moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s. Caterpillars feed on Crotalaria
Crotalaria
Crotalaria is a genus of herbaceous plants and woody shrubs in the Family Fabaceae commonly known as rattlepods. Some 600 or more species of Crotalaria are described worldwide, mostly from the tropics; at least 500 species are known from Africa. Some species of Crotalaria are grown as ornamentals...
(rattlebox), and hence the moth genus is often called rattlebox moths. Utetheisa species are usually bright and colorful. Species of subgenera Pitasila, Atasca and Raanya formerly were included in Nyctemera.
Subgenus Utetheisa Hübner, [1819] 1816
- Utetheisa amhara Jordan, 1939
- Utetheisa antennata Swinhoe, 1893
- Utetheisa clareae Robinson, 1971
- Utetheisa connerorumUtetheisa connerorumUtetheisa connerorum is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is endemic to the Galapagos archipelago, where it is the most widespread of all Utetheisa species...
Roque-Albelo & B. Landry, 2009 - Utetheisa cruentata (Butler, 1881)
- Utetheisa devriesi Hayes, 1975
- Utetheisa diva (Mabille, 1879)
- Utetheisa elata (Fabricius, 1798)
- Utetheisa elata fatela Jordan, 1939
- Utetheisa elata fatua Heyn, 1906
- Utetheisa galapagensisUtetheisa galapagensisUtetheisa galapagensis is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is known only from the Galapagos island of San Cristóbal. It is probably endemic to the archipelago....
(Wallengren, 1860) - Utetheisa henriiUtetheisa henriiUtetheisa henrii is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is probably endemic to the Galapagos island of San Cristóbal.The length of the forewings is 14–16 mm for males and 16-17 mm for females.Larvae probably feed on Tournefortia species....
Roque-Albelo & B. Landry, 2009 - Utetheisa lactea (Butler, 1884)
- Utetheisa lactea aldabrensis Fletcher, 1910
- Utetheisa lotrixUtetheisa lotrixThe Crotalaria Moth is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in most of the old world tropics.The wingspan is about 30 mm.The larvae feed on Crotalaria species.-Subspecies:...
Cramer, 1777- Utetheisa lotrix lepida (Rambur, [1866])
- Utetheisa lotrix socotrensis Jordan, 1939
- Utetheisa lotrix stigmata Rothschild, 1910
- Utetheisa maddisoni Robinson & Robinson, 1980
- Utetheisa ornatrix - Bella moth or Ornate moth LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758 (syn: Utetheisa bella Linnaeus, 1758) - Utetheisa pectinataUtetheisa pectinataUtetheisa pectinata is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found on the islands of Arafura Sea and in Australia .-Taxonomy:...
Hampson, 1907 - Utetheisa perryi Hayes, 1975
- Utetheisa pulchellaUtetheisa pulchellaThe Crimson-speckled Flunkey is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Africa, Southern Europe, Central and Southern Asia and Australia.The wingspan is 29-42 mm....
- Crimson-speckled FlunkeyUtetheisa pulchellaThe Crimson-speckled Flunkey is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Africa, Southern Europe, Central and Southern Asia and Australia.The wingspan is 29-42 mm....
LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758- Utetheisa pulchella dilutior Rothschild, 1910
- Utetheisa pulchella kallima Swinhoe, 1907
- Utetheisa pulchelloidesUtetheisa pulchelloidesThe Heliotrope Moth is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in the Indo-Australian region including Borneo, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Papua, Seychelles and most of Australia....
Hampson, 1907- Utetheisa pulchelloides aphanis Jordan, 1939
- Utetheisa pulchelloides darwini Jordan, 1939
- Utetheisa pulchelloides marshallorum Rothschild, 1910
- Utetheisa pulchelloides papuana Jordan, 1939
- Utetheisa pulchelloides umata Jordan, 1939
- Utetheisa pulchelloides vaga Jordan, 1939
- Utetheisa salomonisUtetheisa salomonisUtetheisa salomonis is a disputed moth species of the Arctiidae family. It is found on the Loyalty Islands, the New Hebrides, the Solomon Islands, New Britain, Fiji and New Caledonia....
Rothschild, 1901 - Utetheisa semara Moore, 1860
- Utetheisa sumatrana Rothschild, 1910
Subgenus Atasca Swinhoe, 1892
- Utetheisa aegrotum (Swinhoe, 1892)
- Utetheisa albilinea de Vos, 2007
- Utetheisa amboina de Vos, 2007
- Utetheisa amosa (Swinhoe, 1903)
- Utetheisa ampatica de Vos, 2007
- Utetheisa aruensis de Vos, 2007
- Utetheisa bouruana (Swinhoe, 1917)
- Utetheisa ceramensis de Vos, 2007
- Utetheisa externa (Swinhoe, 1917)
- Utetheisa frosti (Prout, 1918)
- Utetheisa pellex (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Utetheisa separata (Walker, 1864)
- Utetheisa watubela de Vos, 2007
Subgenus Pitasila Moore, 1877
- Utetheisa assamica de Vos, 2007
- Utetheisa abraxoides (Walker, 1862)
- Utetheisa balinensis de Vos, 2007
- Utetheisa disrupta (Butler, 1887)
- Utetheisa disrupta burica (Holland, 1900)
- Utetheisa distincta (Swinhoe, 1903)
- Utetheisa inconstans (Butler, 1880)
- Utetheisa flavothoracica de Vos, 2007
- Utetheisa fractifascia (Wileman, 1911)
- Utetheisa guttulosa (Walker, 1864)
- Utetheisa latifascia (Hopffer, 1874)
- Utetheisa leucospilota (Moore, 1877)
- Utetheisa limbata (Roepke, 1949)
- Utetheisa mendax de Vos, 2007
- Utetheisa nivea de Vos, 2007
- Utetheisa pala (Röber, 1891)
- Utetheisa selecta (Walker, 1854)
- Utetheisa specularis (Walker, 1856)
- Utetheisa specularis extendens de Vos, 2007
- Utetheisa specularis oroya (Swinhoe, 1903)
- Utetheisa timorensis (Roepke, 1954)
- Utetheisa transiens ( de Vos, 2007)
- Utetheisa vandenberghi (Nieuwenhuis, 1948)
- Utetheisa varians (Walker, 1854)
- Utetheisa variolosa (Felder & Rogenhofer, [1869] 1874)
- Utetheisa vollenhovii (Snellen, 1890)
- Utetheisa witti de Vos, 2007
- Utetheisa ypsilon de Vos, 2007
Subgenus Raanya de Vos, 2007
- Utetheisa albipuncta (Druce, 1888)
- Utetheisa albipuncta zoilides (Prout, 1920)