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The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

Heliozona dulla (Pagenstecher, 1886)

[Agarista dulla Pagenstecher, 1886] (holotype: Tual, Kai Islands, in ZSMC)

synonyms:

Pericallia dulla aurantiaca Rothschild, 1910 (holotype: Kapaur (Fakfak), in BMNH)
Pericallia dulla borealis Rothschild, 1910 (syntypes: Dorey (Manokwari), in BMNH)
Amsacta dulla orientalis Rothschild, 1914
Creatonotus (sic) affinis Rothschild, 1935 (syntype: Humboldt Bay, in BMNH)

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Taxonomical note

The definition of subspecies of this species are merely based on geographical locations rather than on significant differences in the wingpattern of the few known specimens. The species seems rather variable in the extension of the orange in the forewing fascia and hindwing margin, which is in this case not at all significant. I therefore conclude that the division of this species into subspecies is not justified.

Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: No recent records are known. Probably very rare.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Fakfak, Humboldt Bay, Manokwari (Dorey Bay), Uskwar (Arso district). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Kai Islands, Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, ZMAN, ZSMC. Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Rothschild, L.W., 1910. Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring Museum, with notes and descriptions of new species II. Novitates Zoologicae 17(2): 113-171.
Rothschild, L.W., 1914. In: Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 10: Spinner und Schwarmer des Indo-Australischen Gebiets, Arctiidae: 236-263. A. Kernen, Stuttgart.
Hampson, G.F., 1920. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae. Supplement, volume 2. Catalogue of the Lithosiadae (Arctianae) and Phalaenoididae in the collection of the British Museum: 619 pp. British Museum, London.
Rothschild, L.W., 1935. Some new Arctiinae. Novitates Zoologicae 39(3): 239-250.