Utetheisa pulchelloides

Utetheisa pulchelloides

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^[1]
Synonyms
Utetheisa idae Gates Clarke, 1940 Utetheisa dorsifumata Prout, 1920

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.

Subspecies of this moth are:

Utetheisa pulchelloides pulchelloides Hampson, 1907 (Chagos Islands, Seychelles, Amirantes and Cargados Carajos Islands)
Utetheisa pulchelloides aphanis Jordan, 1939 (islands south-east of New Guinea)
Utetheisa pulchelloides darwini Jordan, 1939 (Cocos (Keeling) Islands)
Utetheisa pulchelloides marshallorum Rothschild, 1910 (Marshall Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Swain’s Island, Tonga, Tokelau Islands, Phoenix Islands, Tuvalu, Gilbert Islands, Wake Island, Cook Islands, Line Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, Henderson Island)
Utetheisa pulchelloides papuana Jordan, 1939 (New Guinea)
Utetheisa pulchelloides umata Jordan, 1939 (Guam)
Utetheisa pulchelloides vaga Jordan, 1939 (China: Guangdong, Guanxi, Yunnan; Taiwan; Madagascar; islands of the Indian ocean; Sri-Lanka; south-east Asia; Moluccas; Australia)

Utetheisa salomonis (including the former Utetheisa pectinata ruberrima) may also belong into this species.

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↑ Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of the Oriental Region, Australia and Oceania
↑ Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley & Mike & Pat Coupar (April 27, 2008). "Utetheisa pulchelloides". linus.socs.uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on 2008-07-29. Retrieved 2008-12-11.

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