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

by Rob de Vos

 

 

 

 

 

Habrona papuata Warren, 1915

unimacula Gaede, 1930

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rare species, the smallest Habrona. It seems to prefer mountainous areas.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Abmisibil, Bog Camp (Foja Mts.), Demaisi, Mt. Kunupi (Kobowre Mts.), Langda, Moanemani, Mokwam, Pass Valley, Walmak (Nipsan). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

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.