Utetheisa

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Utetheisa
Utetheisa pulchella
Utetheisa pulchella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Utetheisa
Linnaeus, 1758

Utetheisa is a genus of moth. Species feed on Crotalaria, also called the Rattlebox, and hence species of this moth are often called rattlebox moths. Species of this moth are bright and colorful and include the Bella moth, or Ornate moth Utetheisa ornatrix Linnaeus, 1758 and Utetheisa pulchella Linnaeus, 1758.