Utetheisa elata

Utetheisa elata
	In Amber Mountain National Park, Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Utetheisa
Species:	U. elata
Binomial name
	Utetheisa elata; (Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
	Bombyx elata Fabricius, 1798; Deilemera fatua Heyn, 1906; Utetheisa fatua ab. devittata Strand, 1909; Utetheisa fatua ab. mediomaculata Strand, 1909; Euchelia formosa Boisduval, 1833; Utetheisa venusta Hübner, 1831;

Utetheisa elata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. It is found in Angola, South Africa and Tanzania, as well as on the Comoros, Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles.[1]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Tournefortia argentea, Heliotropium amplexicaule, Trichodesma zeylanicum, Heliotropium indicum, Tournefortia sarmentosa, Crotalaria juncea and Crotalaria striata.

Subspecies

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Utetheisa elata (Fabricius, 1798)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 14, 2018.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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