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The clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Axel Kallies

 

Melittia xanthodes Diakonoff, 1954

 


Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed in New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. A rare species.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Bernhard Camp, Dabra. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago).

DATA SOURCES: ANIC, RMNH, Oleg Gorbunov, Kallies (2020).