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Utetheisa salomonis

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Species of moth

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
Rothschild, 1910
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.

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.
Taxon identifiers
Utetheisa salomonis


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