Utetheisa galapagensis
Utetheisa galapagensis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is known only from the Galápagos island of San Cristóbal. It is probably endemic to the archipelago.
| Utetheisa galapagensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Utetheisa |
| Species: | U. galapagensis |
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| Utetheisa galapagensis (Wallengren, 1860) | |
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Larvae have been reared on Tournefortia pubescens, but probably also feed on other Tournefortia species.
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