Utetheisa lotrix

Salt-and-pepper moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Utetheisa
Species:	U. lotrix
Binomial name
	Utetheisa lotrix; (Cramer, [1777])
Synonyms
	Geometra lotrix Cramer, [1777]; Utetheisa rubra Rothschild, 1914; Utetheisa lutescens Roepke, 1941; Utetheisa indica Roepke, 1941; Utetheisa stigmata Rothschild, 1910; Utetheisa socotrensis Jordan, 1939; Deiopeia lepida Rambur, [1866]; Utetheisa pulchella tenuella Seitz, 1910;

Utetheisa lotrix, the salt-and-pepper moth or crotalaria moth,[1] is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found in most of the Old World tropics.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Crotalaria species.

Subspecies

Utetheisa lotrix lotrix (Cramer, [1777]) – southern Iran, Pakistan, India, Seychelles, Sri-Lanka, China, Japan, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand
Utetheisa lotrix stigmata Rothschild, 1910 – Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji, Solomons, Samoa, Tonga, Niue
Utetheisa lotrix lepida (Rambur, [1866]) – Madagascar, Réunion
Utetheisa lotrix socotrensis Jordan, 1939 – Socotra Island

In Kolkata, West Bengal, India

References

Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (10 April 2017). "Utetheisa lotrix (Cramer, 1777) Crotalaria Moth". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

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[1] Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (10 April 2017). "Utetheisa lotrix (Cramer, 1777) Crotalaria Moth". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 24 August 2019.