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The Prominent Moths (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae, Dicranurinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Alexander Schintlmeister

 

 

Cascera bella Bethune-Baker, 1904

irrorata Rothschild, 1917
pallida Rothschild, 1917
variegata Rothschild, 1917

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species, widely distributed in New Guinea. It probably prefers mountainous areas.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Ampas, Araucaria Camp, Demaisi, Mt. Goliath, Jayapura, Keerom, Kwerba, Mapi (Nabire), Mist Camp, Mokwam, Nabire, Ninay Valley, Pass Valley, Senopi, Uskwar, Walmak, Wangaar. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia).

DATA SOURCES: NHMUK, RMNH, coll. Sinnema.

 

 

 

 

 

Literature

Schintlmeister, A., 2020. Notodontidae of the Indonesian Archipelago, Volume 1: 441 pp. (52 colour plates). Brill, Leiden, Boston.