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The Immidae (Lepidoptera) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Birthana bicolor (Hulstaert, 1924)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rare species. The holotype of this species is in a terrible state but still recognizable. The species was recently transfered from the Arctiinae to the Immidae (De Vos, 2014).

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Numfor Island: Suer; New Guinea: Asike, Toerai. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

De Vos, R., 2014. Three taxa from Hulstaert (1924) transfered from Arctiinae (Erebidae) to Lacturidae and Immidae (Lepidoptera) and synonymised. SUGAPA 8(3): 73-75.