Utetheisa pectinata

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]

Utetheisa pectinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Utetheisa
Species:	U. pectinata
Binomial name
Utetheisa pectinata Hampson, 1907

Taxonomy

The subspecies Utetheisa pectinata ruberrima is now considered a synonym of Utetheisa salomonis.