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Utetheisa connerorum Roque-Albelo & Landry, 2009

Polilla tigre, Tiger Moth

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Noctuoidea

Family
Arctiidae

Genus
Utetheisa

Species
connerorum

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Baltra, Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, and Santiago (Roque-Albelo & Landry, 2009).

References

Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2009) Two new species of Utetheisa Hübner (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Arctiinae) from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador ZooKeys 21: 55–72. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.21.201.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Utetheisa connerorum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11904. Accessed 4 June 2026.