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Utetheisa salomonis

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Utetheisa salomonis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Utetheisa
Species:
U. salomonis
Binomial name
Utetheisa salomonis
Synonyms

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.[1]

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

References

  1. ^ Tutt, James William (1980). The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation. p. 15.