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The Prominent Moths (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae, Scranciinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Alexander Schintlmeister

Polychoa bipuncta (Rothschild, 1917)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: This is a rare and very local species. For Papua Indonesia the species was discovered recently during the Foja Expedition. The specimen at the bottom right may be another species, this has to be confirmed.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Bog Camp, Furu Camp (Foja Mts.). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: NHMUK, KSP.

 

 

 

 

 

Literature

Schintlmeister, A., 2020. Notodontidae of the Indonesian Archipelago, Volume 1: 441 pp. (52 colour plates). Brill, Leiden, Boston.