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The Tigermoths (ARCTIIDAE, Arctiinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

Spilarctia persimilis (Rothschild, 1914)

[Diacrisia persimilis Rothschild, 1914] (lectotype (TL: Mt. Goliath (Gn. Yamin, Papua)) BMNH)

Spilarctia persimilis, female, Walisi (Papua)

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rather rare species. The species prefers high altitudes. It is restricted to the Central Mountain Range.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Abmisibil, Bilogai, Ilaga, Mt. Goliath (Gn. Yamin), Pass Valley, Walisi (Baliem Valley), Walmak (Nipsan), Wamena. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

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

 

 

 

 

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Literature

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.
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.