Biology:Utetheisa pellex

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Short description: Species of moth

Utetheisa pellex
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Utetheisa
Species:
U. pellex
Binomial name
Utetheisa pellex
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena Noctua pellex Linnaeus, 1758
  • Leptosoma artemis Boisduval, 1832
  • Nyctemera simplex Walker, [1865]
  • Deilemera signata Butler, 1878
  • Nyctemera doriae Oberthür, 1880
  • Nyctemera pellex tangens Seitz, 1915
  • Deilemera paradelpha Swinhoe, 1917

Utetheisa pellex is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is found in New Guinea and surrounding islands (Waigeo, Salawati, Misool, Gebe, the Aru Islands, Supiori, Biak, Yapen, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, Vulcan Island, Dampier Island, D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, the Louisiade Archipelago, Yule Island, the Darnley Islands), as well as in Australia (Queensland).[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16760129 entry