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

by Rob de Vos

Blavipelosia tenebris De Vos, 2022

[Blavipelosia tenebris De Vos, 2022] [holotype: Pass Valley, Papua, Indonesia, in RMNH]

 

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Until now only known by the holotype from Pass Valley in the Jayawijaya Mountains.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Pass Valley. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: RMNH. Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

De Vos, R., 2022. Genus Tigrioides Butler, 1877 does not occur in New Guinea, a revision of the taxa concerned from New Guinea with four new genera and nine new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Suara Serangga Papua (SUGAPA digital) 14(2): 39-76.