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

by Rob de Vos

 

 

 

 

Thyatira papuana Ronkay, Ronkay, László & De Vos, 2021

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A local species, probably not rare at its location. It is found at an altitude of about 4000 meters.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Lake Habbema (Lorentz Reserve), Puindalkamp (Scree Valley Camp, 3rd Archbold Expedition). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: KSP, RMNH, Siep Sinnema. Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Ronkay, G., L. Ronkay, F.M. László & R. de Vos, 2021. A new Thyatira Ochsenheimer, 1816 (s.l.) species from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae, Thyatirinae). SUGAPA digital 13(2): 131-142.