Utetheisa pulchella

Crimson-speckled flunkey
Komodo National Park
Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subtribe: Callimorphina
Genus: Utetheisa
Species: U. pulchella
Binomial name
Utetheisa pulchella
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea pulchella Linnaeus, 1758
  • Deiopeia pulchra
  • Utetheisa callima dilutior Rothschild, 1910
  • Utetheisa kallima Swinhoe, 1907
  • Utetheisa pulchella completa Weymer, 1908
  • Lithosia amabilis Trost, 1801
  • Deiopeia pulchella var. candida Butler, 1877
  • Noctua pulchra Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Utetheisa thytea Rothschild, 1914
  • Deiopeia thyter Butler, 1877
  • Utetheisa shyama Bhattacherjee et Gupta, 1969
  • Utetheisa shiba Bhattacherjee et Gupta, 1969
  • Utetheisa menoni Bhattacherjee et Gupta, 1969

Utetheisa pulchella (crimson-speckled flunkey) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Africa,southern Europe, central and southern Asia and Australia.

The wingspan is 29–42 mm.

The larvae feed on forget-me-not (Myosotis), Echium, Borago and Anchusa species.

Subspecies

Subspecies include:

References

  1. ↑ Afro Moths
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