Utetheisa lotrix

Utetheisa lotrix
Utetheisa lotrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Tribe: Arctiini
Genus: Utetheisa
Species: U. lotrix
Binomial name
Utetheisa lotrix
(Cramer, [1777])
Synonyms
  • Geometra lotrix Cramer, [1777]
  • Utetheisa rubra Rothschild, 1914
  • Utetheisa lutescens Roepke, 1941
  • Utetheisa indica Roepke, 1941
  • Utetheisa stigmata Rothschild, 1910
  • Utetheisa socotrensis Jordan, 1939
  • Deiopeia lepida Rambur, [1866]

The Crotalaria Moth (Utetheisa lotrix) is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in most of the old world tropics.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Crotalaria species.

Subspecies

  • Utetheisa lotrix lotrix (southern Iran, Pakistan, India, Seychelles, Sri-Lanka, China, Japan, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand)
  • Utetheisa lotrix stigmata (Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji, Solomons, W.Samoa, Tonga, Niue)
  • Utetheisa lotrix lepida (Madagascar, La Réunion)
  • Utetheisa lotrix socotrensis (Socotra Island)

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