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Utetheisa lactea

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Utetheisa lactea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
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 T. B. Fletcher, 1910
  • Utetheisa lactea var. assumptionis Strand, 1919
  • Utetheisa lactea var. nigrosignata T. B. Fletcher, 1910

Utetheisa lactea is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1884 and is found in the Seychelles.[1]

Subspecies

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  • Utetheisa lactea lactea (Butler, 1884)
  • Utetheisa lactea aldabrensis T. B. Fletcher, 1910

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

Biology

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This species feeds on Tournefortia argentea (Boraginaceae).

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Utetheisa lactea (Butler, 1884)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  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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