Utetheisa lactea
Species of moth
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Utetheisa lactea is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1884 and is found in the Seychelles.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Utetheisa |
| Species: | U. lactea |
| Binomial name | |
| Utetheisa lactea (Butler, 1884) | |
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Subspecies
- Utetheisa lactea lactea (Butler, 1884)
- Utetheisa lactea aldabrensis T. B. Fletcher, 1910
This species has a wingspan of 37 mm.[2]
Biology
This species feeds on Tournefortia argentea (Boraginaceae).
