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The Goat Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Trismelasmos elegans (Roepke, 1955)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A locally common medium sized species. Seems to prefer lowland areas.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Yapen Island: Ambaidiru; New Guinea: Akimuga, Ampas, Borme, Demaisi, Depapre, Fyria River (Buruway), Jembatan Dua, Katan (Mappi District), Mist Camp, Mokwam, Moss Camp, Om, Pass Valley, Sentani, Ubrub. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: coll. Siegfried Ihle; KSP, RMNH, ZMAN. Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Literatuur

Schoorl, J.W., 1990. A phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoölogische Verhandelingen 263: 1-295.