About Utetheisa pulchelloides Hampson, 1907
Utetheisa pulchelloides Hampson, 1907 has the following described characteristics. In males, the inner margin of the hindwing lacks a fold or glandular tuft. The head and thorax are yellowish; the collar and tegula each bear two black spots, and each thoracic segment has one black spot. The third joint of the palpi is black, and the abdomen is whitish. The forewing is white, with five interrupted scarlet bands that have a series of black spots between the bands. A marginal series of black spots is present on the forewing. The hindwings are semi-diaphanous white; some specimens have black markings on the discocellulars. The hindwing has a very irregular black sub-marginal band, which is broad at the apical area and between veins 1b and 3. The larva is dark grey, with a dorsal white band and a sub-dorsal series of red spots. The larval head is yellow. Pupation occurs inside a loose cocoon spun in leaf litter on the ground below the larval food plant. Ecologically, the larvae of this species feed on Argusia argentea, Echium plantagineum, Heliotropium arborescens and Myosotis arvensis.
