Utetheisa lotrix Cramer

Geometra lotrix Cramer, 1779, Uitl. Kapellen 2:109.

Utetheisa lotrix Cramer; Jordan, 1939, Novit. Zool., 41: 287. (Subspecies described and

discussed).

Utetheisa indica Roepke, 1941.

Utetheisa lotrix Cramer; Robinson, 1971.

Geographical range

Old World tropics.

Habitat preference

No specimens from Borneo have been seen so the presence of lotrix needs confirmation.

Biology

The larva in Fiji is lemon-yellow with black and orange patterning. The dorsal stripe of pale colour is broken by pairs of black bands that contain an orange band. The flanks, are broadly pale with two dark spots and an oblique orange-brown bar on each segment. The head is pale tan. The host-plants are Crotalaria species particularly, but also other Leguminosae, and Sevastopulo (1938) recorded Dahlia (Compositae).

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