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Subspecies Utetheisa ornatrix bella - Bella Moth

Bella Moth under wing - Utetheisa ornatrix

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea

Family Arctiidae (Tiger Moths)

Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger Moths)

Tribe Callimorphini

Genus Utetheisa

Species ornatrix (Rattlebox Moth - Hodges#8105-06)

Subspecies bella (Bella Moth)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Utetheisa ornatrix & Utetheisa bella were formerly considered separate species; now they are considered subspecies (Utetheisa ornatrix ornatrix and Utetheisa ornatrix bella, respectively) of a single species.

Identification

Adult: forewing variably pink or yellow with rows of white-ringed black spots

hindwing pink with uneven black border

Larva: orangish-brown with broad irregular black bands on each segment, and distinct white spots on anterior and posterior margins of black bands

Range

mostly Eastern North America: Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Arizona, north to Minnesota and Ontario

also occurs south through Central America to northern South America