Utetheisa lotrix

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Utetheisa lotrix, the salt-and-pepper moth or crotalaria moth,[1] is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found in most of the Old World tropics.

Salt-and-pepper moth
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. lotrix
Binomial name
Utetheisa lotrix
Synonyms
  • Geometra lotrix Cramer, [1777]
  • Utetheisa rubra Rothschild, 1914
  • Utetheisa lutescens Roepke, 1941
  • Utetheisa indica Roepke, 1941
  • Utetheisa stigmata Rothschild, 1910
  • Utetheisa socotrensis Jordan, 1939
  • Deiopeia lepida Rambur, [1866]
  • Utetheisa pulchella tenuella Seitz, 1910
In Kolkata, West Bengal, India

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Crotalaria species.

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References

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  1. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (10 April 2017). "Utetheisa lotrix (Cramer, 1777) Crotalaria Moth". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 24 August 2019.