African Moths Gambia


   

Utetheisa pulchella, (Linneaus, 1758)

Crimson Speckled Footman.

SYNONYMS
Phalaena pulchella, Tinea pulchella, Deiopeia candida, Deiopeia antennata, Deiopeia thyter, Noctua pulchra,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 8
amhara, cruentata, diva, elata, Lactea, lotrix, pulchella, pulchelloides

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Burundi, DRCongo, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Gossypium, Heliotropium, Musa paradisiaca, Myosotis, Trichodesma zeylanicum, Grasses.

Utetheisa pulchella
Upperside
 
Upperside
 

Upperside

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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Underside
 
pulchella / lotrix comparison
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Distribution Map
Utetheisa pulchella
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Photo: B. Wursten
 
Photo: M. Stanton