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Scientific classification
Synonyms
Geometra lotrix Cramer, [1777] Utetheisa rubra Rothschild, 1914 Utetheisa lutescens Roepke, 1941 Utetheisa indica Roepke, 1941 Utetheisa stigmata Rothschild, 1910 Utetheisa socotrensis Jordan, 1939 Deiopeia lepida Rambur, [1866] Utetheisa pulchella tenuella Seitz, 1910

Utetheisa lotrix, the salt-and-pepper moth or crotalaria moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found in most of the Old World tropics.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Crotalaria species.

Subspecies

Utetheisa lotrix lotrix (Cramer, [1777]) – southern Iran, Pakistan, India, Seychelles, Sri-Lanka, China, Japan, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand
Utetheisa lotrix stigmata Rothschild, 1910 – Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji, Solomons, Samoa, Tonga, Niue
Utetheisa lotrix lepida (Rambur, [1866]) – Madagascar, Réunion
Utetheisa lotrix socotrensis Jordan, 1939 – Socotra Island

In Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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In Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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