Utetheisa connerorum is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is endemic to the Galapagos archipelago, where it is the most widespread of all Utetheisa species. It has been found on Baltra, Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, and Santiago.
| Utetheisa connerorum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Utetheisa |
| Species: | U. connerorum
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| Utetheisa connerorum Roque-Albelo & B. Landry, 2009
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The food plants contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which are also stored in the adult moths.[1]
References
edit- ^ Roque-Albelo, Lázaro; Schroeder, Frank C.; Conner, William E.; Bezzerides, Alexander; Hoebeke, E. Richard; Meinwald, Jerrold; Eisner, Thomas (2002). "Chemical defense and aposematism: the case of Utetheisa galapagensis". Chemoecology. 12 (3): 153–157. doi:10.1007/s00012-002-8341-6.
External links
edit- Roque-Albelo, Lazaro; Landry, Bernard (2009). "Two new species of Utetheisa Hübner (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Arctiinae) from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador". ZooKeys (21): 55–72. doi:10.3897/zookeys.21.201.
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