Utetheisa elata

Utetheisa elata
In Amber Mountain National Park, Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Utetheisa
Species: U. elata
Binomial name
Utetheisa elata
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx elata Fabricius, 1798
  • Deilemera fatua Heyn, 1906
  • Utetheisa fatua ab. devittata Strand, 1909
  • Utetheisa fatua ab. mediomaculata Strand, 1909
  • Euchelia formosa Boisduval, 1833
  • Utetheisa venusta Hübner, 1831

Utetheisa elata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. It is found in Angola, South Africa and Tanzania, as well as on the Comoros, Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles.[1]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Tournefortia argentea, Heliotropium amplexicaule, Trichodesma zeylanicum, Heliotropium indicum, Tournefortia sarmentosa, Crotalaria juncea and Crotalaria striata.

Subspecies

  • Utetheisa elata elata
  • Utetheisa elata fatua (Heyn, 1906)
  • Utetheisa elata fatela Jordan, 1939

References

  1. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Utetheisa elata (Fabricius, 1798)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.


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