Crotalaria Moth

Utetheisa lotrix

Species ID Suggestions

13 Comments

sianakdesa 11 years ago

Thanks all for the comment :)
Thank you so much for Nuwan and bayucca :)

NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

thank you bayucca..
very confusing genus with similar looking species!

bayucca 11 years ago

Yes, I see that also this way. As with all these Amata sp., I am not very confident with most of the Utetheisa IDs in the Australasian area if they are not coming from a trustable site/side. I would not dare to question Martins ID of Pulchelloides, but sianakdesa's is a Lotrix.

Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

wow fantastic:)

The MnMs 11 years ago

Is so beautiful!

NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

if pulchelloides is correct id for the spotting
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/109...
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what we have here might be Lotrix !!

bayucca 11 years ago

Fourth sight: I think it is Utetheisa lotrix. Check the same criteria I mentioned below in my last comment. What would you think, Nuwan??

bayucca 11 years ago

Third sight, I don't think it is Pulchella. Look at the outer margin of the forewings. In my eyes in Pulchella there should be quite a very regular row of smaller red, black and white pins/spots. In this one there is not such a regular pattern:
http://szmn.eco.nsc.ru/Lepidop/images/Ut...