Utetheisa elata

Utetheisa elata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. It is found in Angola, South Africa and Tanzania, as well as on the Comoros, Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles.^[1]

Utetheisa elata
In Amber Mountain National Park, Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Utetheisa
Species:	U. elata
Binomial name
Utetheisa elata (Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
Bombyx elata Fabricius, 1798 Deilemera fatua Heyn, 1906 Utetheisa fatua ab. devittata Strand, 1909 Utetheisa fatua ab. mediomaculata Strand, 1909 Euchelia formosa Boisduval, 1833 Utetheisa venusta Hübner, 1831

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Tournefortia argentea, Heliotropium amplexicaule, Trichodesma zeylanicum, Heliotropium indicum, Tournefortia sarmentosa, Crotalaria juncea and Crotalaria striata.

Subspecies

• Utetheisa elata elata
• Utetheisa elata fatua (Heyn, 1906)
• Utetheisa elata fatela Jordan, 1939