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title: "Utetheisa bella"
description: "Utetheisa ornatrix — Insecten en spinnen. Utetheisa ornatrix, also called the ornate bella moth, ornate moth, bella moth or rattlebox moth, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/ornate-bella-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Utetheisa bella

> Utetheisa ornatrix — Insecten en spinnen. Utetheisa ornatrix, also called the ornate bella moth, ornate moth, bella moth or rattlebox moth, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae.

- Scientific name: *Utetheisa ornatrix*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9313
- Wikidata: [Q149683](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q149683)
- iNaturalist taxon: [67440](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/67440)

## Names

- en: Ornate Bella Moth
- es: Polilla florida
- fr: Arctiide décoré
- nl: Utetheisa bella

## Countries with the most observations

US (4983), MX (1132), BR (870), PR (248), EC (157), CO (151), TT (91), GP (89), CR (84), CU (68), AR (62), DO (55)

## Summary

Utetheisa ornatrix, also called the ornate bella moth, ornate moth, bella moth or rattlebox moth, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It is aposematically colored ranging from pink, red, orange and yellow to white coloration with black markings arranged in varying patterns on its wings. It has a wingspan of 33–46 mm. Moths reside in temperate midwestern and eastern North America as well as throughout Mexico and other parts of Central America. Unlike most moths, the bella moth is diurnal. Formerly, the bella moth or beautiful utetheisa of temperate eastern North America was separated as Utetheisa bella. Now it is…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utetheisa_ornatrix

## Photo

![Utetheisa bella](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ornate-bella-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jade Fortnash · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/281099369

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ornate-bella-moth?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).