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Crimson Speckled Footman

Utetheisa cf. pulchella (Utetheisa sp)

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Crimson Speckled Footman

Utetheisa cf. pulchella

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Comments (5)
AlthaSwiegersLiebenberg
bayucca, Thank you, and another thank you for understanding, and been a fantastic teacher
bayucca
Altha, I am not sure, if I can follow you. Do you agree with my suggestion or not? If you are sceptic or not comfortable you might just add the species Utetheisa sp. as ID and I am happy with that one as well. I must admit these Utetheisa are quite tricky to ID. There is always the possibiltiy that it is Lotrix not Pulchella. My ID was based on the markings, which, as I already stated before, are not really clearly visible. That's why I add the suffix "cf." for compare with Pulchella. What do you think now ;-)...
AlthaSwiegersLiebenberg
bayucca, thank you. I agree to disagree with you on this one, but my knolladge is so limited, where can I send you photo's of the two under wings to compare they differ sum what and the orange one is ample here in the Norther Cape.
bayucca
Erebidae, Arctiinae, Utetheisa cf. pulchella, I would say. Although yours looks pretty worn, I think it is Pulchella not Lotrix, the other candidate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utetheisa_pulchella
Tiz
Some kind of Utetheisa. Cant research more atm, but perhaps someone else can support a bit more :) Very beautiful Altha

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