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Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Arctiini (tribe)/  Utetheisina (subtribe)/  Utetheisa (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Linnaeus, 1758)
Citation:P.[halaena] Tinea pulchella
Original genus:Tinea
Publication:Linnaeus C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, .... Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata.
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URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6992455
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Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Lectotype NHMUK Lectotype ♂, NHMUK. Habitat in Europa australi, Mauritania.
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Australasia: Australia, Allice Islands, Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands; Oriental: India, Indonesia (Java), Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azores, Canary Islands, China, Egypt, Europe, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Madeira, Turkey.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Algeria Hoggar and Tassili Riley N. D. 1934. Report on the Insecta collected by Colonel R. Meinertzhagen in the Ahaggar Mountains. IV. Lepidoptera. page 180
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Angola Swinhoe C. 1907b. New species of Eastern and African Heterocera. page 202 (as kallima)
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Bahrain Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. page 132
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Burundi Rothschild W. 1910a. Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring Museum, with notes and descriptions of new species. page 182 (as dilutior)
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Cabo Verde Brava Aurivillius C. 1910b. Schmetterlinge gesammelt in Westafrika von Leonardo Fea in den Jahren 1897–1902. page 497
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Cabo Verde Santiago Bauer E. & Traub B. 1980. Zur Macrolepidopterenfauna der Kapverdischen Inseln. Teil 1: Sphingidae und Arctiidae. page 247
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Cabo Verde Fogo Nyström V. 1958. Macrolepidoptera from the Cape Verde Islands. page 33
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Cabo Verde Maio Nyström V. 1958. Macrolepidoptera from the Cape Verde Islands. page 33
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Cabo Verde São Nicolao Nyström V. 1958. Macrolepidoptera from the Cape Verde Islands. page 33
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Cabo Verde Santo Antão Nyström V. 1958. Macrolepidoptera from the Cape Verde Islands. page 33
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Cabo Verde Boavista Nyström V. 1958. Macrolepidoptera from the Cape Verde Islands. page 33
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Cabo Verde São Vicente Nyström V. 1958. Macrolepidoptera from the Cape Verde Islands. page 33
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Cabo Verde Sal Bauer E. & Traub B. 1980. Zur Macrolepidopterenfauna der Kapverdischen Inseln. Teil 1: Sphingidae und Arctiidae. page 247
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Cameroon page D. Simon
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Chad Tibesti Herbulot C. & Viette P. 1952. Mission de l'Office National Antiacridien au Tibesti-Tchad (1949). Lépidoptères Hétérocères. page 89
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Comoros Grande Comore (Ngazidja) Aurivillius C. 1909b. Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera und Heterocera (Pars I) von Madagaskar, den Comoren und den Inseln Ostafrikas. – In: Voeltzkow, A., Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–1905. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. page 341
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Comoros Mayotte (Maore) Aurivillius C. 1909b. Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera und Heterocera (Pars I) von Madagaskar, den Comoren und den Inseln Ostafrikas. – In: Voeltzkow, A., Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–1905. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. page 341
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Comoros Mohéli (Mwali) Aurivillius C. 1909b. Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera und Heterocera (Pars I) von Madagaskar, den Comoren und den Inseln Ostafrikas. – In: Voeltzkow, A., Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–1905. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. page 341
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Comoros Anjouan (Nzwani) Toulgoët H. de 1979a. Lépidoptères Arctiidae et Nolidae de l'Archipel des Comores. – In: Matile L (ed.) Faune entomologique de l'Archipel des Comores. page 186
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. page 484
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 395
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Jordan K. 1939b. On the constancy and variability of the differences between the Old world species of Utetheisa (Lepid., Arctiidae). page 275 (as dilutior)
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Djibouti Toulgoët H. de 1977a. Arctiidae et Nolidae. – In: Rougeot P. C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1973–1975. Fascicule 1. page 70
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Eritrea Le Cerf F. 1924a. Contribution à la faune des Lépidoptères de l'Erythrée. page 206
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Ethiopia Oberthür C. 1880. Spedizione italiana nell'Africa equatoriale. Risultati zoologice. I Lepidotteri. page 185 (as pulchra)
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Gambia Druce H. 1887a. Lepidoptera Heterocera. – In: Moloney A. C., Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products. page 495
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Ghana Möschler H. B. 1887. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna der Goldküste. page 73
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Guinea Dewitz H. 1879. Afrikanische Schmetterlinge. page 33
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Kenya Butler A. G. 1894b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from British East Africa, made by Dr. J. W. Gregory between the months of March and August, 1893. page 583
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Lesotho Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. page 162
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Madagascar Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 85 (as pulchra)
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Malawi Butler A. G. 1894a. On two collections of Lepidoptera sent by H. H. Johnston, Esq., C. B., from British Central Africa. page 677
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Maldives Hulule Meyrick E. 1902a. Lepidoptera. – In: Gardiner, J. S. (ed.) The fauna and geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelago. Being the account of the work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. page 123 (as antennata)
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Mauritania Rothschild W. 1921a. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr expedition. V. On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920. page 158
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Mauritius Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 85 (as pulchra)
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Mozambique Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. page 484
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Namibia Grünberg K. 1910c. Lepidoptera. – In: Schultze L.: Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise in westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. page 99
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Nigeria Druce H. 1884. On the Lepidoptera collected by the late W. A. Forbes on the Banks of the Lower Niger. — Rhopalocera by F. D. Godman and O. Salvin. Heterocera by H. Druce. page 227
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Oman Wiltshire E. P. 1977b. The scientific results of the Oman flora and fauna survey 1975. Lepidoptera: Part I Families Cossidae, Pyralidae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and Noctuidae. Part II A list of further Lepidoptera-Heterocera from Oman. Part III Pyral... page 158
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Rwanda Strand E. 1909d. Lepidoptera aus Deutsch-Ostafrika, gesammelt von Herrn Oberleutnant Wintgens. page 113
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Réunion Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. page 85 (as pulchra)
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Saudi Arabia Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. page 484
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Senegal Kiriakoff S. G. 1965b. Les Lépidoptères hétérocères africains de la Collection Abel Dufrane. Deuxième note: Arctiidae. page 8 (as kallima)
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Seychelles Glorioso Islands Holland W. J. 1896c. List of the Lepidoptera from Aldabra, Seychelles, and other East African islands, collected by Dr. W. L. Abbot. page 270
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Seychelles Aldabra Holland W. J. 1896c. List of the Lepidoptera from Aldabra, Seychelles, and other East African islands, collected by Dr. W. L. Abbot. page 270
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Seychelles Poivre Holland W. J. 1896c. List of the Lepidoptera from Aldabra, Seychelles, and other East African islands, collected by Dr. W. L. Abbot. page 270
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Seychelles Platte Holland W. J. 1896c. List of the Lepidoptera from Aldabra, Seychelles, and other East African islands, collected by Dr. W. L. Abbot. page 270
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Seychelles Cosmoledo Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. page 165
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Seychelles Menai Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. page 165
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Seychelles Mahé Joannis J. de 1894. Mission scientifique de Ch. Alluaud des îles Seychelles. page 430
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Sierra Leone Schaus W. & Clements W. G. 1893. On a collection of Sierra Leone Lepidoptera. page 23
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Somalia Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 258
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Boisduval J. B. A. 1847. Catalogue des Lépidoptères recueillis par M. Delegorgue pendant les années 1838–1844 à Port Natal, au pays des Amazoulous et dans la contrée de Massilicatzi. – In: Delegorgue A. (ed.), Voyage dans l'Afrique australe 1838–1844. page 597
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) South Africa Eastern Cape Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. page 288
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) South Africa Gauteng Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 198
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Sudan Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. page 25
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Tanzania Rothschild W. 1910b. Descriptions of new species of Arctianae in the Tring Museum. page 182 (as dilutior)
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Tanzania Zanzibar (Unguja) Holland W. J. 1896a. List of the Lepidoptera collected in Eastern Africa by Dr. W. L. Abbott, with descriptions of some apparently new species. page 248
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Uganda Butler A. G. 1888b. On the Lepidoptera received from Dr. Emin Pasha. page 83
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) United Arab Emirates Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 6
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Western Sahara Rungs Ch. 1992. Premier aperçu sur la faune des lépidoptères du Sahara occidental. page 367
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Yemen Socotra Butler A. G. 1881b. On the Lepidoptera collected in Socotra by Prof. I. B. Balfour. page 179
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Yemen Butler A. G. 1885d. On a collection of Lepidoptera made by Major J. W. Yerbury at or near Aden. page 495
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Zambia Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. page 484
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Zimbabwe Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. page 484
Utetheisa pulchella dilutior Rothschild, 1910 Angola Ladeiro J. M. 1956. Lepidópteros de Angola (estudio de uma colecção oferecida ao Museu Zoológico de Coimbra). page 156
Utetheisa pulchella dilutior Rothschild, 1910 Burundi Rothschild W. 1910a. Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring Museum, with notes and descriptions of new species. page 182
Utetheisa pulchella dilutior Rothschild, 1910 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Jordan K. 1939b. On the constancy and variability of the differences between the Old world species of Utetheisa (Lepid., Arctiidae). page 275
Utetheisa pulchella dilutior Rothschild, 1910 Malawi Rothschild W. 1910b. Descriptions of new species of Arctianae in the Tring Museum. page 182
Utetheisa pulchella dilutior Rothschild, 1910 Tanzania Rothschild W. 1910b. Descriptions of new species of Arctianae in the Tring Museum. page 182
Utetheisa pulchella dilutior Rothschild, 1910 Uganda Rothschild W. 1910b. Descriptions of new species of Arctianae in the Tring Museum. page 182
Utetheisa pulchella kallima Swinhoe, 1907 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 395
Utetheisa pulchella kallima Swinhoe, 1907 Senegal Kiriakoff S. G. 1965b. Les Lépidoptères hétérocères africains de la Collection Abel Dufrane. Deuxième note: Arctiidae. page 8
Utetheisa pulchella pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 21
Utetheisa pulchella pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) South Africa Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 21
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Gossypium sp. Malvaceae Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 166
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Heliotropium sp. Boraginaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Lithospermum sp. Boraginaceae Wiltshire E. P. 1990. An illustrated, annotated catalogue of the Macro-Heterocera of Saudi Arabia. – In: Büttiker, W. & Krupp, F. (Eds.). Fauna of Saudi Arabia. page 151
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Musa sp. Musaceae Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 166
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Myosotis sp. Boraginaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Trichodesma sp. Boraginaceae Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 166
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Trichodesma zeylanicum Boraginaceae Réunion Martiré D. & Rochat J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. page 372
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Undefined Grasses Undefined Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. page 485
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Vaupelia sp. Boraginaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176
Utetheisa pulchella pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Gossypium sp. Malvaceae Fibiger M. & Legrain A. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Noctuoidea. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. page 563
Utetheisa pulchella pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Lithospermum sp. Boraginaceae Fibiger M. & Legrain A. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Noctuoidea. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. page 564
Utetheisa pulchella pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Trichodesma zeylanicum Boraginaceae Réunion Martiré D. & Rochat J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. page 372
Utetheisa pulchella pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Undefined Grasses Undefined Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. page 485
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Utetheisa pulchella amabilis (Trost, 1801) (Trost, 1801) subspecies Synonym Lithosia pulchella amabilis
Utetheisa pulchella antennata (Swinhoe, 1893) (Swinhoe, 1893) subspecies Synonym Deiopeia pulchella antennata
Utetheisa pulchella candida (Butler, 1877) (Butler, 1877) subspecies Synonym Deiopeia pulchella candida
Utetheisa pulchella completa Weymer, 1908 Weymer, 1908 subspecies Synonym Utetheisa pulchella completa
Utetheisa pulchella dilutior Rothschild, 1910 Rothschild, 1910 subspecies Accepted Utetheisa pulchella dilutior
Utetheisa pulchella kallima Swinhoe, 1907 Swinhoe, 1907 subspecies Accepted Utetheisa pulchella kallima
Utetheisa pulchella pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) (Linnaeus, 1758) subspecies Accepted Tinea pulchella pulchella
Utetheisa pulchella pulchra (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) subspecies Synonym Noctua pulchella pulchra
Utetheisa pulchella thyter (Butler, 1877) (Butler, 1877) subspecies Synonym Deiopeia pulchella thyter
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination