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Utetheisa ornatrix, also called the ornate bella moth, ornate moth, bella moth or rattlebox moth, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It is aposematically colored ranging from pink, red, orange and yellow to white coloration with black markings arranged in varying patterns on its wings.
Caterpillars of many Utetheisa species feed on Crotalaria (rattlebox), and hence the genus as a whole is often called rattlebox moths. The adults usually have bright aposematic coloration [ 2 ] and contain toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids , which are used as a chemical defense and are also incorporated into the sex pheromones of the males.
8105 – Utetheisa ornatrix, ornate bella moth; 8107 – Haploa clymene, Clymene moth; 8108 – Haploa colona, colona moth; 8109 – Haploa reversa, reversed haploa moth; 8110 – Haploa contigua, neighbor moth; 8111 – Haploa lecontei, Leconte's haploa moth; 8112 – Haploa confusa, confused haploa moth; 8113 – Tyria jacobaeae, cinnabar moth
Utetheisa bella (Linnaeus, 1758) Utetheisa ornatrix ornatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) Phaegopterinae. Lophocampa bahorucoensis Vincent, 2005; Lophocampa caryae (Harris, 1841)
Crotalaria species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Endoclita sericeus, Etiella zinckenella and Utetheisa ornatrix. The toxic alkaloids produced by some members of this genus are known to be incorporated by Utetheisia larvae and used to secure their defense from predators. [2]
Utetheisa ornatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Utetheisa pulchelloides Hampson, 1907; Carposinidae. Peragrarchis pelograpta (Meyrick, 1928)
Utetheisa ornatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) Ctenuchiinae. Correbia lycoides (Walker, 1854) Cyanopepla fastuosa (Walker, 1854) Gymnelia dubia Rothschild, 1911;
Utetheisa ornatrix (Linné, 1758) Cossidae. Givera species; Notodontidae. Nystalea nyseus (Cramer, 1775) Nystalea ebalea (Stoll, 1780)