Utetheisa salomonis

Utetheisa salomonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Arctiidae
Genus:	Utetheisa
Species:	U. salomonis
Binomial name
Utetheisa salomonis Rothschild, 1910
Synonyms
Utetheisa pectinata ruberrima Rothschild, 1910

Utetheisa salomonis is a disputed moth species of the Arctiidae family. It is found on the Loyalty Islands, the New Hebrides, the Solomon Islands, New Britain, Fiji and New Caledonia.^[1]

Utetheisa pectinata ruberrima is now considered a synonym of U. salomonis. However, U. salomonis may itself belong into Utetheisa pulchelloides.

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