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Crimson-speckled Footman (Utetheisa pulchella)

Posted on by Les Underhill

Utetheisa pulchella Crimson-speckled footman

Crimson-speckled Footman Utetheisa pulchella is a day-flying moth. It is therefore said to be diurnal. Here is the link to the LepiMAP record which contains the photograph above of the Crimson-speckled Footman.

The map below shows the distribution of records for Utetheisa pulchella in the LepiMAP section of the Virtual Museum, as at January 2020.

Observed distribution map for Utetheisa pulchella Crimson-speckled footman

Use this link to embed this map of distribution records in LepiMAP: http://thebdi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/517850-Utetheisa-pulchella-actual-records-700×700.png

Interpolated distribution map for Utetheisa pulchella Crimson-speckled footman

The map below is an imputed map,  produced by an interpolation algorithm, which  attempts to generate a full distribution map from the partial information in the map above. This map will be improved by the submission of records to the LepiMAP section of the Virtual Museum. Use this link to embed this imputed distribution map: http://thebdi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/517850-Utetheisa-pulchella-5-colours-700×700.png.

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Les Underhill
Les Underhill
Prof Les Underhill was Director of the Animal Demography Unit (ADU) at the University of Cape Town from its start in 1991 until he retired. Although citizen science in biology is Les’s passion, his academic background is in mathematical statistics. He was awarded his PhD in abstract multivariate analyses in 1973 at UCT and what he likes to say about his PhD is that he solved a problem that no one has ever had. He soon grasped that this was not the field to which he wanted to devote his life, so he retrained himself as an applied statistician, solving real-world problems.

2 Comments

  1. Good day
    If you have a look at LepiMAP # 615421 recorded 12 Feb 2017, which I think is a Crimson-speckled footman, the record has not as yet been identified by the panel. If it is a footman it may help a wee bit to the distribution map of the species.
    Kind regards
    Rob

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