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Crimson Speckled Moth

Utetheisa pulchella

About

A small stunning moth with white forewings densely spotted with black and red marks. It is a strong migrant found across the Old World tropics.

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Did You Know?

It sequesters pyrrolizidine alkaloids from its host plants which males transfer to females as a nuptial gift during mating.