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The False Owlet Moths (Drepanidae, Thyatirinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

Habrona brunnea Bethune-Baker, 1908

synonym:

decora Gaede, 1930
indecora Gaede, 1930

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Variation

This common species is very variable in intensity of the white wingpattern and brown ground colour. The brownish triangle shaped patch in the forewing apex and the conspicuous spot in the tornus are always present and characteristic.

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species in New Guinea and some other islands. It is mostly found in mountainous areas.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Abmisibil, Ampas, Bilogai, Bog Camp (Foja Mts.), Demaisi, Jayapura, Keerom River, Mt Kunupi (Kobowre Mts), Kwerba, Langda, Mabilabol, Modio, Mokndoma, Mokwam, Pass Valley, Sibil, Timeepa, Walmak, Warkapi. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea, Moluccas.

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

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Laszlo, Gy.M., G. Ronkay, L. Ronkay & Th. Witt, 2007. The Thyatiridae of Eurasia, including the Sundaland and New Guinea (Lepidoptera). Esperiana 13: 1-687.