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The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of Papua Indonesia
by Rob de Vos
Spilosoma costata (Boisduval, 1832)
[Chelonia costata Boisduval, 1832] (holotype: Port Praslin, New Ireland, PNG, in BMNH)
Diacrisia costata vivida (lectotype: Fergusson Island, PNG, in BMNH)
There is some variation in the dark colour of the veins which can vary from black to chocolate brown
Distribution
STATUS: Rare. The species seems to have no particular altitude preference. Most specimens are collected in the northeastern area around Jayapura. C., F. and J. Pratt collected the species on Numfoor in 1920 and a few recent records come from the Arfak Mountains, far away from the Jayapura area.
PAPUA LOCALITIES: Numfoor; New Guinea: Ampas, Bagia (Arso district), Genyem, Gere (Arso district), Jayapura, Keerom, Ngat Biep (Arfak), Sawia (Arso district), Taja, Uskwar (Arso district), Wembi (Arso district). Details in gazetteer.
EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago.
DATA SOURCES: BMNH, CMWM, KSP, RMNH, ZMAN. Literature (see below).
Literature
Hampson, G.F., 1920. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae. Supplement, volume 2. Catalogue of the Lithosiadae (Arctianae) and Phalaenoididae in the collection of the British Museum: 619 pp. British Museum, London.
Rothschild, L.W., 1910. Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring Museum, with notes and descriptions of new species II. Novitates Zoologicae 17(2: 113-171.
Rothschild, L.W., 1914. In: Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 10: Spinner und Schwarmer des Indo-Australischen Gebiets, Arctiidae: 236-263. A. Kernen, Stuttgart.
Strand, E., 1919. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 22: Arctiidae: Subfam. Arctiinae: 416 pp. W. Junk, Berlin.
Vos, R. de & D. Suhartawan, 2011. The Spilosoma group of species from New Guinea and adjacent islands (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini). In: Telnov, D., 2011. Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea, Vol. I: 299-333.
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.
