| Utetheisa pulchelloides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Utetheisa |
| Species: | U. pulchelloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Utetheisa pulchelloides Hampson, 1907 |
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The Heliotrope Moth (Utetheisa pulchelloides) is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in the Indo-Australian region including Borneo, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Papua, Seychelles and most of Australia.
Adults undertake extensive and frequent migratory flights and can reach the most remote oceanic islands, such as Henderson Island and Ducie Island.
The larvae feed on Argusia argentea, Echium plantagineum, Heliotropium arborescens and Myosotis arvensis. [1]
Subspecies of this moth are:
Utetheisa salomonis (including the former Utetheisa pectinata ruberrima) may also belong into this species.