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The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

Nyctemera (Coleta) groenendaeli De Vos, 1995

[Nyctemera groenendaeli De Vos, 1995] (holotype: Ampas, Waris District, in ZMAN)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Very rare, for a long time only eight specimens were known but recently an additional specimen has been collected which proves that the species is not extinct.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Ampas, Genyem, Uskwar. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea (NW and SE).

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, ZMAN. Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Vos R. de, 1995. Nyctemera groenendaeli spec.nov. from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 15(4): 481-489.
Zamesov, A.N. & O.G. Gorbunov, 2014. To the knowledge of Macroheterocera of Southeast Asia and New Guinea. III. Tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae) of Papua Province, Indonesia. Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea 2: 437-448.