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

by László Ronkay

 

 

Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1787)

synonyms:

chrysitina Martyn, 1797
aurifera Hübner, [1813]

(left) at light in Walmak (Nipsan, Jayawijaya Mountains); (right) in the Arfak Mountains

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Distribution

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species. Widely distributed.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Abmisibil, Epouto, Jayapura, Langda, Oksibil (Mabilabol), Moanemani, Mokwam, Molbakon, Pass Valley, Timeepa, Walmak (Nipsan). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Southern Europe, Africa, Indo-Australia, including Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: KSP, RMNH, ZMAN.