The Papua Insects Foundation

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

by Alexander Schintlmeister

Stauropus evanescens Gaede, 1930

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Endemic in West New Guinea. A rare species. The forewings of this species are pale greenish-grey with an oblique dark subbasal band and the inner half of the hindwings are yellow.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Ampas, Kouh, Nomnagihé, Samabusa, Uskwar. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: RMNH, ZSMC.

 

 

 

 

 

Literature

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