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The Many-plumed Moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Cees Gielis

Alucita argyrospodia (Diakonoff, 1954)

[Orneodes argyrospodia Diakonoff, 1954]

A specimen attracted to light in Walmak (Jayawijaya Mountains)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Only three specimens known, the holotype and two recently collected specimens.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Borme, Iebele Camp, Walmak. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: RMNH, KSP, ZMAN. Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Gielis, C., 2009. Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15-33.