The Papua Insects Foundation

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

 

by Rob de Vos

Xenochroa costiplaga (Swinhoe, 1893)

tarika (Swinhoe, 1901)
triguttata (Warren, 1916)
fakfakensis (Gaede, 1937)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A widely distributed species, rather common in New Guinea. The status of tarika and triguttata is still uncertain, by some regarded as distinct species, here regarded to be conspecific until confirmation.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; New Guinea: Ampas, Boma, Borme, Demaisi, Depapre, Ifar, Katan (Mappi), Ninay Valley, Nomnagihé, Parfi (Jayapura District), Uskwar, Utakwa River, Vriendschap River, Wembi, Yuruf. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Oriental region, Buru, Seram, Halmahera, Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: NHMUK, KSP, RMNH. Literature: Holloway, 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Holloway, J.D., 2003. Moths of Borneo, Nolidae: 279 pp.