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Utetheisa galapagensis

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Utetheisa galapagensis
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. galapagensis
Binomial name
Utetheisa galapagensis
(Wallengren, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Euchelia galapagenis Wallengren, 1860
  • Euchelia gallopagensis Wallengren, 1861

Utetheisa galapagensis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is known only from the Galápagos island of San Cristóbal. It is probably endemic to the archipelago.

Larvae have been reared on Tournefortia pubescens, but probably also feed on other Tournefortia species.


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