Utetheisa pulchella - Caterpillar

Found on La Palma (Canary Island) on an endemic shrub (Echium brevirame) - couldn't find an ID myself, so thanks go to Ingrid Altmann for helping with that :o)

7Crimson speckled footman
3Echium brevirame
78erebidae
53410Geotagged
56La Palma (Canary Islands)
278spain
3Utetheisa
8Utetheisa pulchella

The Crimson speckled footman

The Crimson-speckled Flunkey is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Africa, Southern Europe, Central and Southern Asia and Australia. The wingspan is 29-42 mm. The larvae feed on Forget-me-not, ''Echium'', ''Borago'' and ''Anchusa'' species.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Pudding4brains