''Utetheisa pectinata'' is a

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of the family

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first described by George Hampson in 1907. It is found on the islands of Arafura Sea (Moa, Dammer, Tiandoe and Tam, Tenimber, Little Key) and in

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(where it is only known from the coastal strip of the Northern Territory).

Taxonomy

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

References

pectinata Moths described in 1907 {{Callimorphina-stub