Utetheisa amhara | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Utetheisa |
Species: | U. amhara |
Binomial name | |
Utetheisa amhara Jordan, 1939 | |
Utetheisa amhara is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Jordan in 1939. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and the United Arab Emirates. [1]
Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings (Catocala); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, and wasp moths (Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth ; piercing moths ; micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae. Some of the erebid moths are called owlets.
Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan was a German-British entomologist.
Utetheisa is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Utetheisa pulchella, common name crimson-speckled flunkey, crimson-speckled footman, or crimson-speckled moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae.
Utetheisa pulchelloides, the heliotrope moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Indo-Australian region including Borneo, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Papua, Seychelles and most of Australia. The species was first described by George Hampson in 1907.
Ulotrichopus tinctipennis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1902. It is found in Botswana, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Eswatini, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zimbabwe, Israel and Jordan.
Utetheisa lotrix is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in most of the old world tropics.
Vegetia ducalis, the ducal princeling, is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1922. It is found in South Africa.
Epipyrops is a genus of moths in the family Epipyropidae.
Balacra compsa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1904. It is found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.
Utetheisa lactea is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1884 and is found in the Seychelles.
Melisa hancocki is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1936. It is found in Uganda.
Amata chariessa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1936. It is found in Zambia.
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.
Epipyrops malagassica is a moth in the family Epipyropidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1928. It is found on Madagascar.
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