Utetheisa pulchella

Utetheisa pulchella

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Arctiidae
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

The Crimson-speckled Flunkey (Utetheisa pulchella) 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.

The larvae feed on Forget-me-not, Echium, Borago and Anchusa species.

Subspecies

Subspecies include:

Utetheisa pulchella dilutior Rothschild, 1910
Utetheisa pulchella kallima Swinhoe, 1907
Utetheisa pulchella pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

↑ Afro Moths

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