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The Tigermoths (ARCTIIDAE, Arctiinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

Spilarctia biagi (Bethune-Baker, 1908)

[Diacrisia biagi Bethune-Baker, 1908] (holotype (TL: Biagi, Mambare River, PNG) in BMNH)

synonyms:

Diacrisia biagi elongata Rothschild, 1914 (syntype (TL: Ninay Valley, Arfak) in BMNH)
Diacrisia biagi angiana Joicey & Talbot, 1916 (holotype (TL: Anggi Lakes, Arfak) in BMNH)
Diacrisia nigricorna Joicey & Talbot, 1916 (holotype (TL: Wandammen Mts.) in BMNH)
nigricornis sensu Hampson, 1920 (misspelling)

Distribution

STATUS: Not common. Restricted to mountainous areas at altitudes from 300 to 2100 meter. Females are extremely rare in collections, they probably are not attracted to light.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Abmisibil, Anggi Lakes (Arfak), Bilogai, Bivak 39a (Star Mts.), Keerom, Mabilabol, Mokwam, Nabire, Ninay Valley (Arfak), Nipsan, Paniai, Pass Valley, Timeepa, Wandammen Mts. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

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

Literature

Bethune-Baker, G.T., 1908. New Heterocera from British New Guinea. Novitates Zoologicae 15: 175-243.
Hampson, G.F., 1920. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae. Supplement, volume 2. Catalogue of the Lithosiadae (Arctianae) and Phalaenoididae in the collection of the British Museum: 619 pp. British Museum, London.
Joicey & Talbot, J.J. & G., 1916a. New Lepidoptera from Dutch New Guinea. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)17: 68-90.
Joicey & Talbot, J.J. & G., 1916b. Heterocera. in: Joicey, J.J., A. Noakes & G. Talbot, 1916. New Lepidoptera from Dutch New Guinea. The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1915: 361-386.
Rothschild, L.W., 1910. Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring Museum, with notes and descriptions of new species II. Novitates Zoologicae 17(2: 113-171.
Rothschild, L.W., 1914. In: Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 10: Spinner und Schwarmer des Indo-Australischen Gebiets, Arctiidae: 236-263. A. Kernen, Stuttgart.
Strand, E., 1919. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 22: Arctiidae: Subfam. Arctiinae: 1-416. W. Junk, Berlin.
Thomas, W., 1990. Die von Rothschild, L.D., in Seitz, A., Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde, Bd. 10, beschriebenen Spilosoma-Arten (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) (Spilosomen-Studien 4. Nota Lepidopterologica 13(2-3): 177-185.