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The Snouted Tigers (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Aganainae) of Papua Indonesia

by Jaap Zwier

 

 

 

 

Neochera dominia (Cramer, 1780)

ssp. papuana Rothschild, 1896

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Distribution

 

 

 

STATUS: Rather common. On New Guinea only the subspecies papuana occurs, although some authors mention also the Moluccan subspecies affinis Rothschild, 1896 from New Guinea, but this is not correct. It seems to prefer lowland and moderate altitudes.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo; Misool; Yapen: Waropen; New Guinea: Akimuga, Andai, Bilogai, Boma, Borme, Butiptiri, Dojo, Genyem, Getentiri, Humboldt Bay, Jayapura, Kobakma, Kouh, Manokwari, Merauke, Pass Valley, Senopi, Sentani, Sorong, Tandia, Taritatu River, Timika, Ubrub, Walmak (Nipsan), Wejan. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Widely distributed in Southeast Asia with many subspecies.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, CMWM, KSP, RMNH, SNSD, ZMAN, ZMHB. Literature (see below)

 

 

 

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Literature

Gorbunov, O.G. & A.N. Zamesov, 2014. To the knowledge of Macroheterocera of Southeast Asia and New Guinea. I. Snouted Tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Aganaidae) of Papua Province, Indonesia. Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea 2: 157-165.