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The Chloephorinae, Careini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

 

 

 

 

Aiteta subflava (Bethune-Baker, 1906)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Endemic in New Guinea, locally a common species. At the upperside it is very similar to females of pratti, but that species has no yellow coloration at the underside.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Abmisibil, Bilogai, Keerom, Mt. Kunupi, Langda, Mabilabol, Mokwam, Ninay Valley, Nomnagihé, Pass Valley, Walmak, Wandammen Peninsula. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, ZMAN. Literature: Poole, 1989.

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Poole, R.W., 1989. Lepidopterorum Catalogus (new series), 118: Noctuidae: i-xii, 1-1314. Brill, Leiden.