Utetheisa ornatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Arctiinae → tribe Arctiini → subtribe Callimorphina → genus Utetheisa → species Utetheisa ornatrix
Species name(s)
Utetheisa ornatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena ornatrix Linnaeus, 1758 = Deiopeia ornatrix = Utetheisa bella Linnaeus, 1758. [9, 186]
Bella moth, Rattlebox moth, Inornate moth, Calico moth.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Nearctic, Neotropic.
Detailed information with references
Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations
- Deiopea stretchii Butler, 1877 = Deiopea pura Butler, 1877 = Utetheisa daphoena Dyar, 1914 = Utetheisa butleri Dyar, 1914 [9].
Distribution
- US: Florida, Texas, from the Antilles to Argentina, Galapagos Islands [9].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Crotalaria sp. Crotalaria lanceolata, Crotalaria pallida [PC93].
Subspecies of Utetheisa ornatrix
- Utetheisa ornatrix ornatrix. [9]
- U. o. saintcroixensis Pease, 1973. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Vasiliy Feoktistov. Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [186] Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov
- [PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
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