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Utetheisa salomonis

Utetheisa salomonis
Utetheisa pectinata ruberrima - NZ.png
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Utetheisa
Species: U. salomonis
Binomial name
Utetheisa salomonis
Rothschild, 1910
Synonyms

Utetheisa pectinata ruberrima Rothschild, 1910



Utetheisa pectinata ruberrima Rothschild, 1910

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

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


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