Utetheisa cruentata

Utetheisa cruentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Utetheisa
Species: U. cruentata
Binomial name
Utetheisa cruentata
(Butler, 1881)
Synonyms

Deiopeia cruentata Butler, 1881

Utetheisa cruentata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Mauritius.[1]

The larvae feed on Tournefortia argentea[2]

References

  1. afromoths
  2. Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 27
  • Butler, A. G. 1881c. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. - — 5:i–xii, 1–74; pls. 78–100.

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