Utetheisa pectinata

Utetheisa pectinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Utetheisa
Species: U. pectinata
Binomial name
Utetheisa pectinata
Hampson, 1907[1]

Utetheisa pectinata is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found on the islands of Arafura Sea (Moa, Dammer, Tiandoe and Tam, Tenimber, Little Key) and in Australia (where it is only known from the coastal strip of the Northern Territory).[2]

Taxonomy

The subspecies Utetheisa pectinata ruberrima is now considered a synonym of Utetheisa salomonis.

References

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