Utetheisa pulchella (Linneaus, 1758)

Crimson Speckled Footman.

SYNONYMS
Phalaena pulchella, Tinea pulchella, Deiopeia candida, Deiopeia antennata, Deiopeia thyter, Noctua pulchra,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 9
amhara, cruentata, diva, elata, Lactea, lotrix, pectinata, pulchella, pulchelloides,

DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Chad, Comoros, DRCongo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Gossypium, Heliotropium indicum, Lithospermum, Musa paradisiaca, Myosotis, Cystostemon, Trichodesma zeylanicum, Grasses.