Biology:Utetheisa pectinata

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Short description: Species of moth

Utetheisa pectinata
Scientific classification edit
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Arthropoda
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Binomial name
Utetheisa pectinata
Hampson, 1907

Utetheisa pectinata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1907.[1] 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

Wikidata ☰ Q7902675 entry