Utetheisa connerorum

Species of moth

Utetheisa connerorum

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Erebidae
Subfamily:  | Arctiinae
Genus:  | Utetheisa
Species:  |

U. connerorum

Binomial name
Utetheisa connerorum

Roque-Albelo & B. Landry, 2009

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.

The food plants contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which are also stored in the adult moths.[1]

## References

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1. ^ 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

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* 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.

Taxon identifiers

Utetheisa connerorum|

* Wikidata: Q7902671
* Wikispecies: Utetheisa connerorum
* GBIF: 9225354
* iNaturalist: 331991
* Plazi: 8ECC27E5-E1BF-9109-BD4B-001E8F575C01
* ZooBank: 8967EB22-5E72-47BD-A471-CFE24AD7AA6F

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