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The Goat Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

 

Xyleutes strix (Linnaeus, 1758)

synonyms:

signata (Walker, 1856)
bubo (Butler, 1882)
tigrata (Houlbert, 1916)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species in Papua.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Jilloe Island (Raja Ampat Islands); Batanta Island; Waigeo Island; Biak Island: Marauw; New Guinea: Ampas, Araucaria Camp, Benyas, Bernhard Camp, Borme, Depapre, Dotir (Wandammen), Getentiri, Jayapura, Katan (Mappi), Kouh (Merauke District), Kwerba, Pass Valley, Pim, Prafi, Rotan Camp, Senopi, Taja Rifi, Ubrub, Uskwar, Wambes, Wondiboy Mts. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: India, Indo-Australia, Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.

DATA SOURCES: 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.