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The Tigermoths (ARCTIIDAE, Lithosiinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

Calamidia castanea Rothschild, 1912

[Calamidia castanea Rothschild, 1912] [holotype (TL: Mt. Goliath, Papua) in BMNH]

endemic species!

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Distribution

 

 

STATUS: Very rare, only a few specimens known from two localities.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Mt. Goliath (Gn. Yamin), Kwerba. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, ZMAN. Literature (see below).

 

 

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Literature

Draudt, M., 1914. In: Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 10: Spinner und Schwarmer des Indo-Australischen Gebiets, Arctiidae: 134-223. A. Kernen, Stuttgart.
Rothschild, L.W., 1912. New Lithosianae. Novitates Zoologicae 19: 212-246.
Strand, E., 1922. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 26: Arctiidae: Subfam. Lithosiinae: 501-899. W. Junk, Berlin.