Utetheisa pulchella

Utetheisa • Erebidae • Noctuoidea • Lepidoptera • Insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

Utetheisa pulchella (click on image to enlarge it)
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Utetheisa pulchella (click on image to enlarge it)
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) - (crimson speckled moth)

This species is a polyphagous tiger moth that is found in many parts of Europe, Africa and Asia.

Publications covering Utetheisa pulchella

Turkish Journal of Entomology (2021) 45, 3-11
Fatih Aytar, Kenan Kara and Turgut Atay (2021)
Tachinid (Diptera: Tachinidae) parasitoids reared from lepidopterous and hymenopterous hosts in southern forests of Turkey

Journal of Plant Protection Research (2012) 52, 368-373
Maryam Ajamhassani, Arash Zibaee, Jalal Jalali Sendi, Hassan Askary and Nasser Farrar (2012)
Proteolytic activity in the midgut of the crimson speckled moth Utetheisa pulchella L. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research (1994) 84, 421-434
Annette K. Walker (1994)
Species of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing lepidopterous cereal stem borers in Africa