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The Snouted Tigers (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, 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; New Guinea: Ampas, Dojo, Ifar, Jayapura, Kobakma, Lereh, Mabilabol, Manokwari, 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

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.