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The Snouted Tigers (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Aganainae) of Papua Indonesia

by Jaap Zwier

 

 

 

 

 

Asota strigosa (Boisduval, 1832)

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Distribution

 

 

 

STATUS: Rare. It seems to prefer lowlands and moderate altitudes, but it is also found at higher altitudes.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo; Yapen Island: Ambaidiru, Natabuy; New Guinea: Abmisibil, Ampas, Gn Bembab (Ransiki), Borme, Camp Hotice (Foja Exp.), Genyem, Humboldt Bay, Foja Mts., Kloofbivak, Kobakma, Mabilabol, Om, Tuan Wowi, Ubrub, Uskwar, Walmak, Warkapi, Yuruf. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Aru Islands. No records are known from Papua New Guinea yet but it is to be expected that this species occurs also in the border area near Papua.

DATA SOURCES: NHMUK, KSP, RMNH, SNSD, ZMHB. Literature (see below)

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Gorbunov, O.G. & A.N. Zamesov, 2014. To the knowledge of Macroheterocera of Southeast Asia and New Guinea. I. Snouted Tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Aganaidae) of Papua Province, Indonesia. Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea 2: 157-165.