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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Callimorphina » Utetheisa » Ornate Bella Moth  - Hodges#8105 (Utetheisa ornatrix)
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8105 Ornate Moth - Utetheisa ornatrix
Copyright © 2010 Mark Dreiling

8105 Ornate Moth - Utetheisa ornatrix
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA
August 11, 2010
Found at UV light near pond in wooded area of a flood plain
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Contributed by Mark Dreiling on 11 August, 2010 - 8:38am
Last updated 18 April, 2012 - 11:37am

Thanks
We admire this beautiful moth on Crotalaria in the late afternoon at Menna Trace Mason Hall, Tobago.Thank you for the photograph and the correct name.
… Arlene Blade, 3 September, 2013 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ornate Moth.

The two subspecies in North America are no longer recognized and are consider two forms of Utetheisa ornatrix.(1)
The Bug Guide pages need to be adjusted.
Thanks
… Maury J. Heiman, 18 April, 2012 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

 
DNA look
I checked BOLD and see that the 50+ specimens, including this one, are all within 0.8 % match. A couple of them were submitted as U. bella. So, it makes sense from my limited perspective.
… Mark Dreiling, 18 April, 2012 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

DNA results
Now supported as Utetheisa ornatrix by DNA barcoding, BOLD LPOKE136-10
This specimen is shown here: BOLD:AAA1412
… Mark Dreiling, 6 April, 2011 - 5:30pm login or register to post comments

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