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The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) of Papua Indonesia
by Rob de Vos
Chrysoscota albomaculata Rothschild, 1912
[Chrysoscota albomaculata Rothschild, 1912] (holotype: Biagi, Mambare River, PNG, in BMNH)
Similar species
The four known Chrysoscota species occuring in Papua Indonesia are rather easy to distinguish. To make it more easy the right wings of all four species are depicted to compare. Notice the black thorax of albomaculata, while in the other species the head and collar are pale yellow.
Distribution
STATUS: The species is found in New Guinea. Seems to prefer mountainous areas.
PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Foja Mts. (Sarmi District), Mabilabol (Star Mts.), Mokwam, Utakwa River, Walmak (Nipsan). Details in gazetteer.
EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.
DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, ZMAN. Literature (see below).
Literature
Draudt, M., 1914. In: Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 10: Spinner und Schwarmer des Indo-Australischen Gebiets, Arctiidae: 134-223. A. Kernen, Stuttgart.
Rothschild, L.W., 1912. New Lithosianae. Novitates Zoologicae 19(2): 212-246.
Strand, E., 1922. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 26: Arctiidae: Subfam. Lithosiinae: 501-899. W. Junk, Berlin.
