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The Shuttle moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Plusiinae) of Papua Indonesia

by László Ronkay

 

Ctenoplusia (Ctenoplusia) sumbawana Behounek & Ronkay, 1999

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

STATUS: Todate only one specimen known from Papua, identified by genitalia. Similar and related species of sumbawana cannot be distinguished by external characters only. Yet little is known about its total distribution but now it is proved that it is definitely wider than the Sunda Islands only.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Abmisibil. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Sunda Islands.

DATA SOURCES: ZMAN.