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The Goat Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Papua Indonesia
by Rob de Vos
Xyleutes persona (Le Guillo, 1841)
synonyms:
leucolophus (Guérin-Méneville, [1829])
leuconota (Walker, 1856)
biakensis Roepke, 1957
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Distribution
STATUS: In Papua locally common but not generally. Yakovlev (2011b) considers biakensis Roepke, 1957 to be a subspecies of persona. These specimens have the white pattern denser and more cream-white than in the typical form.
PAPUA LOCALITIES: Batanta Island; Biak Island: Biak; New Guinea: Abepura, Ampas, Bernhard Camp, Besum, Depapre, Entrop, Ifar, Jayapura, Kouh, Mabilabol, Senggo, Tekai (Keerom District), Ubrub, Uskwar, Wambes, Yongsu, Yuruf. Details in gazetteer.
EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: India, Indo-Australia, Moluccas, Papua New Guinea.
DATA SOURCES: KSP, RMNH. Literature (see below).
Literatuur
Schoorl, J.W., 1990. A phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoölogische Verhandelingen 263: 1-295.
Yakovlev, R.V., 2011b. Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World (Lepidoptera). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 66: 1-129.
