Utetheisa pulchella

Taxonavigation

Utetheisa pulchella on Launaea arborescens, Canary Islands

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Genus: Utetheisa
Species: Utetheisa pulchella
Subspecies: U. p. dilutior – U. p. kallima – U. p. pulchella

Name

Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: in Europa australi; in Mauritania.

Synonyms

• Phalaena Tinea pulchella Linnaeus, 1758
• Noctua pulchra [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, nomen nudum
• Phalaena Noctua pulchra Esper, 1786
• Deiopeia thyter Butler, 1877
• Utetheisa pulchella ab. thytea, in: Rothschild, 1914
• Utetheisa shyama Bhattacherjee & Gupta, 1969
• Utetheisa shiba Bhattacherjee & Gupta, 1969
• Utetheisa menoni Bhattacherjee & Gupta, 1969

References

• Witt, T.J. & Ronkay, L. (Eds.) 2011. Noctuidae Europaeae. Volume 13. Lymantriinae and Arctiinae, including phylogeny and check list of the quadrifid Noctuoidea of Europe. Entomological Press, Sorø, 448 pp. ISBN 978-87-89430-18-8. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Harlekinbär
English: Crimson-speckled Flunkey
svenska: Kattunspinnare