Utetheisa pulchella
Crimson-speckled flunkey | |
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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 | |
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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:
- Utetheisa pulchella dilutior Rothschild, 1910
- Utetheisa pulchella kallima Swinhoe, 1907
- Utetheisa pulchella pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
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External links
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