Utetheisa lotrix
Salt-and-pepper moth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subtribe: | Callimorphina |
Genus: | Utetheisa |
Species: | U. lotrix |
Binomial name | |
Utetheisa lotrix (Cramer, [1777]) | |
Synonyms | |
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Utetheisa lotrix (salt-and-pepper moth) is a moth of the family Erebidae. 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 (Cramer, [1777]) – southern Iran, Pakistan, India, Seychelles, Sri-Lanka, China, Japan, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand
- Utetheisa lotrix stigmata Rothschild, 1910 – Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji, Solomons, W.Samoa, Tonga, Niue
- Utetheisa lotrix lepida (Rambur, [1866]) – Madagascar, La Réunion
- Utetheisa lotrix socotrensis Jordan, 1939 – Socotra Island
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