Utetheisa lotrix

Utetheisa lotrix, the salt-and-pepper moth or crotalaria moth,^[1] is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found in most of the Old World tropics.

Salt-and-pepper moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Utetheisa
Species:	U. lotrix
Binomial name
Utetheisa lotrix (Cramer, [1777])[verification needed]
Synonyms
Geometra lotrix Cramer, [1777] Utetheisa rubra Rothschild, 1914 Utetheisa lutescens Roepke, 1941 Utetheisa indica Roepke, 1941 Utetheisa stigmata Rothschild, 1910 Utetheisa socotrensis Jordan, 1939 Deiopeia lepida Rambur, [1866] Utetheisa pulchella tenuella Seitz, 1910

In Kolkata, West Bengal, India

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Crotalaria species.

Subspecies

• Utetheisa lotrix lotrix (Cramer, [1777]) – southern Iran, Pakistan, India, Seychelles, Sri-Lanka, China, Japan, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand
• Utetheisa lotrix stigmata Rothschild, 1910 – Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji, Solomons, Samoa, Tonga, Niue
• Utetheisa lotrix lepida (Rambur, [1866]) – Madagascar, Réunion
• Utetheisa lotrix socotrensis Jordan, 1939 – Socotra Island