Utetheisa pectinata

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

Utetheisa pectinata is a moth of the family Erebidae. 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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