''Utetheisa cruentata'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is found on

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

in the Indian Ocean. The larvae feed on '' Tournefortia argentea''.Goodger & Watson. (1995). ''The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths'': 27

References

*Butler, A. G. (1881). ''Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum''. 5:i–xii, 1–74; pls. 78–100.

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* cruentata Moths of Mauritius Endemic fauna of Mauritius Moths described in 1881 {{Callimorphina-stub