Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Arctiini (tribe)/  Utetheisina (subtribe)/  Utetheisa (genus)/  Utetheisa elata (species)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Fabricius, 1798)
Citation:	B.[ombyx] elata
Original genus:	Bombyx
Publication:	Fabricius J. C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae.
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Pagination:	440

Utetheisa elata venusta (1)

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Taxonomic note:

The type locality is wrong (see K. Jordan 1939a: 268, C. Guillermet 2006: 248). Transferred to Utetheisa by G. F. Hampson (1901d: 480).

Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	Syntype	unknown	ZMUC	Syntypes, ZMUC.		"Habitat in India orientali" [ex errore].

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	Angola		Weymer G. W. 1901a. Beitrag zur Lepidopterenfauna von Angola. page 69 (as formosa)
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	Comoros	Anjouan (Nzwani)	Butler A. G. 1879d. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from Madagascar, with notes on some of the forms already described. page 192
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	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 elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	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 formosa)
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	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 formosa)
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	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 formosa)
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	Seychelles	Aride	Gerlach J. & Matyot P. 2006. Lepidoptera of the Seychelles islands. page 70 (as fatela)
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	Seychelles	Assomption	Fryer J. C. F. 1912. The Lepidoptera of Seychelles and Aldabra, exclusive of the Orneodidae and Pterophoridae and of the Tortricina and Tineina. page 6
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	Seychelles	Mahé	Hampson G. F. 1908a. On the moths collected during the cruise of the "Valhalla" during the winter 1905–06 by Mr. E. G. B. Meade-Waldo. page 484
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	Seychelles	Silhouette	Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. page 164 (as fatela)
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	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 (as formosa)
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	Tanzania		Heyn K. 1906. Eine neue Deilemera (Nyctemera). page 214 (as fatua)
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	Tanzania	Zanzibar (Unguja)	Hampson G. F. 1920b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaena in the British Museum. Supplement II. Catalogue of the Lithosiadae (Arctianae) and Phalaenoididae in the collection of the British Museum. page 510 (as fatua)

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	Crotalaria juncea	Fabaceae	Seychelles	Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. page 164
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	Crotalaria striata	Fabaceae	Seychelles	Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. page 164
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	Heliotropium amplexicaule	Boraginaceae	Réunion	Martiré D. & Rochat J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. page 371
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	Heliotropium indicum	Boraginaceae	Réunion	Guillermet C. 2006a. Les Hétérocères ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion. Volume 2. Noctuidae trifides, Sphingidae, Arctiidae, Geometridae, Uraniidae. page 248
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	Tournefortia argentea	Boraginaceae	Réunion	Guillermet C. 2006a. Les Hétérocères ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion. Volume 2. Noctuidae trifides, Sphingidae, Arctiidae, Geometridae, Uraniidae. page 248
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	Tournefortia sarmentosa	Boraginaceae	Seychelles	Fletcher T. B. 1910a. Lepidoptera exclusive of the Tortricidae and Tineidae, with some remarks on their distribution and means of dispersal among the islands of the Indian Ocean. (The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905). page 270
Utetheisa elata elata (Fabricius, 1798)	Trichodesma zeylanicum	Boraginaceae	Réunion	Martiré D. & Rochat J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. page 371

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Utetheisa elata venusta (1)

Utetheisa elata elata (1)

Utetheisa elata elata (2)

Utetheisa elata elata (3)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Utetheisa elata formosa (Boisduval, 1833)	(Boisduval, 1833)	subspecies	Synonym	Euchelia elata formosa
Utetheisa elata venusta Hübner, 1831	Hübner, 1831	subspecies	Synonym	Utetheisa elata venusta