Utetheisa

Taxonavigation

Utetheisa lotrix

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Genus: Utetheisa
Subgenera: U. (Atasca) – U. (Pitasila) – U. (Raanya) – U. (Utetheisa)

Name

Utetheisa Hübner, 1819

Type species: Phalaena ornatrix Linnaeus, 1758, designated by Kirby, 1892; Synonymic Cat. Lepid. Heterocera 1: 345.

Synonyms

• Uthetheisa Hübner, [1824] (misspelling)
• Deiopeia Curtis, 1827
• Exitelica Turner, 1921

References

• Curtis, J., 1827: Brithish Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found 4: 147–194+2 p., pl. 147-194, London.
• DaCosta, M.A. 2010: Phylogeny of Utetheisa s. str. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctinae) with comments on the evolution of colour, hind wing scales and origin of New World species. Invertebrate systematics, 24: 113–130. DOI: 10.1071/IS08006
• Dowdy, N.J., Keating, S., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Conner, W.E., Chialvo, C.H.S., Weller, S.J., Simmons, R.B., Sisson, M.S. & Zaspel, J.M. 2020. A deeper meaning for shallow-level phylogenomic studies: nested anchored hybrid enrichment offers great promise for resolving the tiger moth tree of life (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Systematic Entomology 45(4): 874–893. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12433 Reference page. 
• Hübner, J., 1816-[1826]: Verzeichnis bekannter Schmetterlinge: 431 pp., Augsburg.
• Lafontaine, J.D. & Schmidt, B.C. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Zookeys 40: 1–239. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 . ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Perrott, D.C.F. 1966: Records of the arctiid genus Utetheisa in New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 3(5): 3–4. PDF BUGZ
• Roque-Albelo, L. & Landry, B., 2009: Two new species of Utetheisa Hübner (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Arctiinae) from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Zookeys 21: 55-72. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.21.201. Reference page. 
• Vos de, R., 2007: The Utetheisa species of the subgenera Pitasila, Atasca and Raanya subg. n. (Insecta, Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Aldrovandia, 3: 31–120.
• Witt, T.J. & Ronkay, L. (Eds.) 2011. Noctuidae Europaeae. Volume 13. Lymantriinae and Arctiinae, including phylogeny and check list of the quadrifid Noctuoidea of Europe. Entomological Press, Sorø, 448 pp. ISBN 978-87-89430-18-8. Reference page.