Taxonavigation

Utetheisa pulchella on Launaea arborescens, Canary Islands
Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Genus: Utetheisa
Species: Utetheisa pulchella
Subspecies: U. p. dilutior – U. p. kallima – U. p. pulchella

Name

Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: in Europa australi; in Mauritania.

Synonyms

  • Phalaena Tinea pulchella Linnaeus, 1758
  • Noctua pulchra [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, nomen nudum
  • Phalaena Noctua pulchra Esper, 1786
  • Deiopeia thyter Butler, 1877
  • Utetheisa pulchella ab. thytea, in: Rothschild, 1914
  • Utetheisa shyama Bhattacherjee & Gupta, 1969
  • Utetheisa shiba Bhattacherjee & Gupta, 1969
  • Utetheisa menoni Bhattacherjee & Gupta, 1969

References

  • Witt, T.J. & Ronkay, L. (Eds.) 2011. Noctuidae Europaeae. Volume 13. Lymantriinae and Arctiinae, including phylogeny and check list of the quadrifid Noctuoidea of Europe. Entomological Press, Sorø, 448 pp. ISBN 978-87-89430-18-8. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Harlekinbär
English: Crimson-speckled Flunkey
svenska: Kattunspinnare
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