Utetheisa lactea
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Utetheisa |
| Species: | U. lactea
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| Binomial name | |
| Utetheisa lactea (Butler, 1884)
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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]
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).
References[]
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Utetheisa lactea (Butler, 1884)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ^ Butler, 1884. Lepidoptera. Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Alert' 1881-2. p.577
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