Utetheisa pellex

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| image = Ann_Mus_StorNat_Genova15Plate4.jpg

| image_caption = Utetheisa pellex, serial number 2

| taxon = Utetheisa pellex

| authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

| synonyms =

• Phalaena Noctua pellex Linnaeus, 1758
• Leptosoma artemis Boisduval, 1832
• Nyctemera simplex Walker, [1865]
• Deilemera signata Butler, 1878
• Nyctemera doriae Oberthür, 1880
• Nyctemera pellex tangens Seitz, 1915
• Deilemera paradelpha Swinhoe, 1917

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Utetheisa pellex is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is found in New Guinea and surrounding islands (Waigeo, Salawati, Misool, Gebe, the Aru Islands, Supiori, Biak, Yapen, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, Vulcan Island, Dampier Island, D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, the Louisiade Archipelago, Yule Island, the Darnley Islands), as well as in Australia (Queensland).{{cite web |last=Dubatolov |first=V.V. |date=November 1, 2012 |url=http://szmn.eco.nsc.ru/Arctiidae/ArctiinaeOriental.htm |title=Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of the Oriental Region, Australia and Oceania |website=Siberian Zoological Museum |publisher=Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology}}