Utetheisa disrupta

Utetheisa disrupta is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1887.[1] It is found in the Philippines (Negros), on the Caroline Islands, Sumatra, the Natuna Islands, Sulawesi, the Moluccas, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and in Micronesia (Angal).[2]

Utetheisa disrupta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Utetheisa
Species:
U. disrupta
Binomial name
Utetheisa disrupta
(Butler, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Pitasila disrupta Butler, 1887
  • Nyctemera burica Holland, 1900
  • Deilemera similis Swinhoe, 1917
  • Nyctemera angalensis Matsumura, 1930

Subspecies

  • Utetheisa disrupta disrupta
  • Utetheisa disrupta burica (Holland, 1900)

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Utetheisa disrupta (Butler, 1887)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  2. Dubatolov, V.V. (November 1, 2012). "Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of the Oriental Region, Australia and Oceania". Siberian Zoological Museum. Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology.


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