Utetheisa galapagensis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is known only from the Galápagos island of San Cristóbal. It is probably endemic to the archipelago.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Utetheisa |
Species: | U. galapagensis
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Binomial name | |
Utetheisa galapagensis (Wallengren, 1860)
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Larvae have been reared on Tournefortia pubescens, but probably also feed on other Tournefortia species.
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