The Papua Insects Foundation

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The Teak moths (Lepidoptera: Hyblaeidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

Hyblaea amboinae Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed in New Guinea and the Moluccas. A rather common species..

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Roon Island; Yapen Island: Ansus; Numfor Island: Suer; New Guinea: Andai, Base Camp (Utakwa River), Bintuni Bay, Dewaro Village (Weyland Mts), Dorey (Manokwari), Humboldt Bay, Kapaur (Fakfak), Sabron Camp (Cyclops), Sinimburu, Tami River, Wai Sai River (Weyland Mts), Wendesi. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: NHMUK, RMNH.