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The Snouted Tigers (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Aganainae) of Papua Indonesia

by Jaap Zwier

 

 

Asota eusemioides Felder, 1874

versicolor sensu Donovan, 1805 nec Fabricius, 1794

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species. It seems to prefer low to moderate altitudes.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Salawati; Supiori Island: Nansfori; New Guinea: Ampas, Dojo, Ifar, Genyem, Jayapura, Kaisah, Kobakma, Lereh, Mabilabol, Manokwari, Mokwam, Prafi, Senopi, Sentani, Sorong, Tami, Timika, Tuan Wowi, Van Weelskamp, Waena, Wambes, Warkapi, Warmare Dua. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: ssp. eusemioides: Papua New Guinea; ssp. subrupta Rothschild, 1897: Bismarck Archipelago.

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

 

 

 

 

 

Literature

Gorbunov, O.G. & A.N. Zamesov, 2014. To the knowledge of Macroheterocera of Southeast Asia and New Guinea. I. Snouted Tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Aganaidae) of Papua Province, Indonesia. Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea 2: 157-165.
Zwier, J., 2009. Asota eusemioides Felder, 1874, a new identity for an old moth “versicolor”, from New Guinea. Suara Serangga Papua 4(2): 46-51.