Utetheisa galapagensis
| Utetheisa galapagensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Utetheisa |
| Species: | U. galapagensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Utetheisa galapagensis (Wallengren, 1860) | |
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Utetheisa galapagensis is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is known only from the Galápagos island of San Cristóbal. It is probably endemic to the archipelago.
Larvae have been reared on Tournefortia pubescens, but probably also feed on other Tournefortia species.
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