Utetheisa lactea

Utetheisa lactea
Utetheisa lactea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Utetheisa
Species: U.lactea
Binomial name
Utetheisa lactea
(Butler, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Deiopeia lactea Butler, 1884
  • Utetheisa lactea var. aldabrae Strand, 1919
  • Utetheisa lactea var. rubrosignata Fletcher, 1910
  • Utetheisa lactea var. assumptionis Strand, 1919
  • Utetheisa lactea var. nigrosignata Fletcher, 1910

Utetheisa lactea is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in the Seychelles.[1]

Subspecies

This species has a wingspan of 37mm.[2]

Biology

This species feeds on Tournefortia argentea (Boraginaceae).

References

  1. ↑ afromoths
  2. ↑ Butler, 1884. Lepidoptera. Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Alert' 1881-2. p.577
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