Utetheisa Disrupta

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''Utetheisa'' is a genus of Arctiinae (moth), tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward), extending beyond the frons. Antennae ciliated. Forewings long and narrow, where the outer margin is short and somewhat erect. Vein 3 from before angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 from angle, vein 6 from upper angle and vein 7 to 10 from a short areole. Hindwing with vein 5 from above angle of cell. Vein 6 and 7 from upper angle and vein 8 from middle of cell.

Caterpillars of many ''Utetheisa'' species feed on ''Crotalaria'' (rattlebox), and hence the genus as a whole is often called rattlebox moths. The adults usually have bright aposematism, aposematic coloration and contain toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which are used as a chemical defense and are also incorporated into the sex pheromones of the males.

Taxonomy

The members of its subgenus, subgenera ''Pitasila'', ''Atasca'', and ''Raanya'' were formerly included in ''Nyctemera''. ''Utetheisa'' is placed in the tribe (biology), tribe Callimorphina or in the Nyctemerina; some treatments merge the two subtribes.

''Utetheisa'' is monophyly, monophyletic.

Selected species

Species of ''Utetheisa'' include:

Subgenus ''Utetheisa''

* ''Utetheisa amhara'' Jordan, 1939
* ''Utetheisa antennata'' Swinhoe, 1893
* ''Utetheisa clareae'' Robinson, 1971
* ''Utetheisa connerorum'' Roque-Albelo & Landry, 2009
* ''Utetheisa cruentata'' (Butler, 1881)
* ''Utetheisa devriesi'' Hayes, 1975
* ''Utetheisa diva'' (Mabille, 1879)
* ''Utetheisa elata'' (Fabricius, 1798)
** ''Utetheisa elata fatela'' Jordan, 1939
** ''Utetheisa elata fatua'' Heyn, 1906
* ''Utetheisa galapagensis'' (Wallengren, 1860)
* ''Utetheisa henrii'' Roque-Albelo & Landry, 2009
* ''Utetheisa lactea'' (Butler, 1884)
** ''Utetheisa lactea aldabrensis'' T. B. Fletcher, 1910
* ''Utetheisa lotrix'' (Cramer, [1777]) – crotalaria moth
* ''Utetheisa maddisoni'' Robinson & Robinson, 1980
* ''Utetheisa ornatrix'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – ornate moth, bella moth
* ''Utetheisa pectinata''
* ''Utetheisa perryi'' Hayes, 1975
* ''Utetheisa pulchella'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – crimson-speckled flunkey
* ''Utetheisa pulchelloides'' Hampson, 1907 – heliotrope moth (syn: ''Utetheisa dorsifumata'' Prout, 1920)
* ''Utetheisa salomonis''
* ''Utetheisa semara'' Moore, 1860
* ''Utetheisa sumatrana'' Rothschild, 1910

Subgenus ''Atasca''

* ''Utetheisa aegrotum'' (Swinhoe, 1892)
* ''Utetheisa albilinea'' De Vos, 2007
* ''Utetheisa amboina'' De Vos, 2007
* ''Utetheisa amosa'' (Swinhoe, 1903)
* ''Utetheisa ampatica'' De Vos, 2007
* ''Utetheisa aruensis'' De Vos, 2007
* ''Utetheisa bouruana'' (Swinhoe, 1917)
* ''Utetheisa ceramensis'' De Vos, 2007
* ''Utetheisa externa'' (Swinhoe, 1917)
* ''Utetheisa frosti'' (Prout, 1918)
* ''Utetheisa pellex'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Utetheisa separata'' (Walker, 1864)
* ''Utetheisa watubela'' De Vos, 2007

Subgenus ''Raanya''
* ''Utetheisa albipuncta'' (Druce, 1888)
** ''Utetheisa albipuncta zoilides'' (Prout, 1920)

Subgenus ''Pitasila''

* ''Utetheisa assamica'' De Vos, 2007
* ''Utetheisa abraxoides'' (Walker, 1862)
* ''Utetheisa balinensis'' De Vos, 2007
* ''Utetheisa disrupta'' (Butler, 1887)
** ''Utetheisa disrupta burica'' (Holland, 1900)
* ''Utetheisa distincta'' (Swinhoe, 1903) (syn: ''Utetheisa sangira'' (Swinhoe, 1903))
* ''Utetheisa inconstans'' (Butler, 1880) (syn: ''Utetheisa okinawensis'' (Inoue, 1982))
* ''Utetheisa flavothoracica'' De Vos, 2007
* ''Utetheisa fractifascia'' (Wileman, 1911)
* ''Utetheisa guttulosa'' (Walker, 1864)
* ''Utetheisa latifascia'' (Hopffer, 1874)
* ''Utetheisa leucospilota'' (Moore, 1877)
* ''Utetheisa limbata'' (Roepke, 1949)
* ''Utetheisa mendax'' De Vos, 2007
* ''Utetheisa nivea'' De Vos, 2007
* ''Utetheisa pala'' (Röber, 1891)
* ''Utetheisa selecta'' (Walker, 1854)
* ''Utetheisa specularis'' (Walker, 1856) (syn: ''Utetheisa macklotti'' (Vollenhoven, 1863))
** ''Utetheisa specularis extendens'' De Vos, 2007
** ''Utetheisa specularis oroya'' (Swinhoe, 1903)
* ''Utetheisa timorensis'' (Roepke, 1954)
* ''Utetheisa transiens'' (Jurriaanse & Lindemans, 1919)
* ''Utetheisa vandenberghi'' (Nieuwenhuis, 1948)
* ''Utetheisa varians'' (Walker, 1854)
* ''Utetheisa variolosa'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, [1869] 1874)
* ''Utetheisa vollenhovii'' (Snellen, 1890)
* ''Utetheisa witti'' De Vos, 2007
* ''Utetheisa ypsilon'' De Vos, 2007

References

Further reading

* , 1939: On the constancy and variability of the differences between the Old World species of ''Utetheisa'' (Lepid.; Arctiidae). ''Novitates Zoologicae'' 41: 251–291, London and Aylesbury.
* , [1967] 1966: Records of the arctiid genus ''Utetheisa'' in New Zealand. ''New Zealand Entomologist'' 3 (5): 3–4.
* , 1971: The genus ''Utetheisa'' Hübner in Fiji with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). ''The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation'' 83 (5): 123–130.
* , 1974: Notes on the genus ''Utetheisa'' Hübner (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) in the Western Pacific with larval descriptions. ''The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation'' 86 (5–6): 160–163.
* , 1979-1980: Further observations on the species of ''Utetheisa'' Hübner (Lep.: Arctiidae) in the Western and Central Pacific, with the description of a new species from Niue Island. ''The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation'' 91 (10): 270–273; 91 (11–12): 319–322, pl. 9; 92 (1): 13-16.
* , 1941: On the Javanese species of the genus ''Utetheisa'' Hb. (Lep. Het., fam. Arctiidae). ''Tijdschrift voor Entomologie'' 84: 1–9, 4 figs., Amsterdam.

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Arctiinae
Utetheisa,
Moth genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner